bestow
Example Sentences
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And because we can learn from it, the authority we bestow on the dictionary is gratifyingly reciprocal.
The sycophants bestowed with medals and presidential commendations.
From Los Angeles Times
But didn’t I need to exist as my own person in order to do the job bestowed on me when my daughter exited my body seven years earlier?
From Los Angeles Times
She had traveled to the basilica from her home in Tabasco state to beg Guadalupe to bestow on her at least one child.
From Los Angeles Times
These evaluations could affect whether an academic department bestowed tenure on a young professor or promoted an associate professor.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
