bestowal

Example Sentences

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The surprise bestowal drew a wave of roaring applause that Obama struggled to quell, and that the rest of the convention struggled to match.

From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2020

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

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

She values the post of confidante so highly that she will endure a man's most uninteresting confidences with joy, because of the real compliment implied by their bestowal.

From A Knight on Wheels by Hay, Ian