astir
Example Sentences
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Animal spirits are astir after several decades of hibernation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
But there is something astir and it’s called elektrifizierung.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2017
It has the effect of a leviathan astir.
From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2016
And so it should be little surprise that passions are astir, decades later, over the fate of a mural that memorializes many of the neighborhood’s most treasured sons.
From Washington Times • Jun. 1, 2015
Soon the gardeners would be astir, brushing the first leaves from the lawns and the paths, raking the gravel in the drive.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
