bestowal

Example Sentences

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While he no doubt hopes this bestowal of stiff punishment puts the issue to rest, that won’t be the case, anymore than the Mitchell Report ended the scourge of performance-enhancing drugs for baseball.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 16, 2020

With the bestowal of the Knopf emblem, the coursing Borzoi dog that has long served as an imprimatur of literary quality, he conferred on a book almost instant cachet.

From Washington Post • Dec. 31, 2019

The Framers understood that corruption flows not merely from express exchanges of money for performance, but from the insidious distortion of loyalty arising from the bestowal of gifts and favors.

From Slate • Oct. 23, 2019

This is Ms. Wright’s ode to the South — a generous bestowal from one of today’s great voices.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2017

A clear and striking connection and correspondence between the bestowal and the promise are here to be seen.

From Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom by Allies, T. W. (Thomas William)