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- adverb In a
stirring manner.
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- adverb in a stirring manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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His memoir is stirringly melancholic, rife with disappointment and pathos; it is nonetheless beautiful and kind.
Cheat Sheet: The B-list Shloka Nath 2010
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The Shining takes writer Jack Torrance, played stirringly by Jack Nicholson, and his family (the awkward and domestic Shelley Duvall and the boyish Danny Lloyd) to the remote mountain hotel, The Overlook.
TEN of TERROR #9: The Shining « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2009
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"[T] his stirringly believable epistolary novel ... [is a] strong addition to women's fiction."
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Opener Olof Arnalds is an Icelandic folk musician with a stirringly slight voice and an indelible lightness of touch on whatever stringed instrument mostly guitar and some of its relatives she happens to be playing.
The Taming of the Scene Andy Battaglia 2011
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"[T] his stirringly believable epistolary novel ... [is a] strong addition to women's fiction."
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If your tastes run toward the classical, PBS' Great Performances check local listings presents A Concert for New York, taped Saturday night at a free concert at Avery Fisher Hall, in which Alan Gilbert conducts Mahler's stirringly symbolic Symphony No. 2: Resurrection.
Matt's Guide to Weekend TV: Torchwood and HBO Finales, Plus 9/11 Programming 2011
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Well, how about its cryptic yet stirringly evocative communication:
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Undoubtedly looking toward his 2012 campaign, President Obama, too, now spoke stirringly of “success” in Iraq, of “gains,” of his pride in the troops, of the country’s “gratitude” to them, of the spectacular accomplishments achieved as well as the hard times endured by “the finest fighting force in the history of the world,” and of the sacrifices made by our “wounded warriors” and “fallen heroes.”
Tom Engelhardt: Debacle! Tom Engelhardt 2012
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There was no question that Sam Moore was the Man of the two ... and he was flawlessly, deliciously, stirringly, brilliant all night.
Binky Philips: Sam & Dave Take Me to School, 1968 Binky Philips 2010
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"[T] his stirringly believable epistolary novel ... [is a] strong addition to women's fiction."
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