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- noun Plural form of
stir . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
stir .
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Examples
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*removes steak, stirs mushrooms and onion addds bit ov pepper an garlic, stirs*
1 in every 5 kittens can see captions - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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The challenge of trying to clear his name stirs in Fox a new sense of initiative.
Fighting Crime, Vexed by the Past Tom Nolan 2011
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As usual, Palin stirs the dust, but never has a viable solution.
Palin warns of 'Second Holocaust' if Iran gains nuclear weapons 2010
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The word stirs up a mental picture for each one of us.
Tom Gregory: Inside Out: Hate is Scorched in this Book's Glaring Sunshine 2009
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I guess that's in case the word stirs me into wondering what else the Times has written about nutrition.
Androids Run Amok at the New York Times? josh 2009
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I guess that's in case the word stirs me into wondering what else the Times has written about nutrition.
Archive 2009-01-01 josh 2009
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LEMON: NAFTA, just mentioning the word stirs strong sentiments in Ohio.
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Insistent, urging everything before it -- the toil of strenuous study, the fret of little trouble, and the dreams of dawning love -- the call stirs on.
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If a word stirs your feelings in one way and those of some of your readers in another, you cannot use that word safely; in spite of the most careful definitions and disclaimers the emotional bias will creep in and twist the effect of your words in the minds of some of your audience.
The Making of Arguments J. H. Gardiner
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The bare mention of her name stirs every fibre of my being with love and wonder.
Adventures of Louis de Rougemont Fitzgerald, F Scott 1899
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