be stirred up
Example Sentences
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Among other things, the silt at the bottom of the deep sea, which will be stirred up when extracting manganese nodules, for example, is a major concern.
From Science Daily • May 15, 2024
The wontons have a delicate wrapper cocooning an amalgam of fatty pork and snappy shrimp, just begging to be stirred up in their bowl of sauce.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 27, 2022
Many emotions can be stirred up by this process; “anxiety and even shame are common”, she says.
From The Guardian • May 18, 2019
By the spring of 2015, Seitz feared that the longer they deliberated, the more bad blood would be stirred up.
From New York Times • Jul. 19, 2018
Then some sort of a contention seemed to be stirred up among the party, the nature of which could be easily understood, for it was almost sure death to embark in the boats.
From Brother Against Brother The War on the Border by Optic, Oliver
