Definitions
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
stir .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective emotionally aroused
- adjective being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
- adjective set into a usually circular motion in order to mix or blend
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Examples
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Then things remain stirred up and no election is ever had.
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Francis has again stirred the correct concepts of lent and penance as seen in the errors of Liberalism.
A Crusade of Charity Francis 2006
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A cheetah on a chain stirred in its sleep; far away in the desert, jackals cried.
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The name stirred up stereotypical images of a tiny, frail, old bespeckled lady with a hair net, large coat and umbrella used as a walking cane.
What do You Call Grandmother to Her Face? | Thingamababy 2005
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The word stirred in him like a living thing - writhing, growing, dissolving the memories of the dream and the calm that followed it.
Lion Of Macedon Gemmell, David 1990
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The word stirred in him like a living thing - writhing, growing, dissolving the memories of the dream and the calm that followed it.
Lion Of Macedon Gemmell, David 1990
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A name stirred shadows of memory behind the dead eyes.
Harpist in the Wind McKillip, Patricia A. 1979
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In me also, when I was your age, the name stirred my blood and haunted my imagination.
In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang
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The name stirred him and moved him; dim voices whispered in his ears about it, but he couldn't quite catch what they said.
The Sky Line of Spruce Edison Marshall 1930
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No train stirred except to carry soldiers, and the civilians who had not bribed and jammed their way into a cranny of the thronged carriages leaving the first night could only creep back through the hot streets to their hotel and wait.
Fighting France 1915
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