bestow

Example Sentences

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And because we can learn from it, the authority we bestow on the dictionary is gratifyingly reciprocal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

In response to outcry over the plan to include Suharto, Prabowo's office had insisted he has the right to bestow the title upon whomever he chooses.

From Barron's • Nov. 10, 2025

In 1967 he was elected to the PGA of America Hall of Fame - the highest honour it can bestow upon its membership or ambassadors of golf.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2025

Economic relief comes from the unlikeliest of sources: an Indian “compassionate appointment” law that can bestow a deceased government employee’s job to the surviving spouse.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2025

Doc frowned at him with that worried look adults bestow on children they can’t quite figure out and don’t know what to ask next or whether they should even ask anything at all.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste