bestow

Example Sentences

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"Fela was more than a musician," Tinubu said in a statement day after the award was bestowed at a ceremony in Los Angeles.

From Barron's

She froze in her seat, eyes darting from side to side, before she ascended the stage to accept the award for her disruptive album, Cowboy Carter - the trophy bestowed upon her by country-darling-turned-crossover-superstar Taylor Swift.

From BBC

This was the luck it bestowed: the luck of attention.

From Literature

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 Literature

A “brujo,” a “magician,” “a social arsonist” and the “father of Chicano Theater” — these are just a few of the monikers that have been bestowed upon Luis Valdez over the course of his decades-long career.

From Los Angeles Times