bestowed
Example Sentences
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The month before, Putin had bestowed him with a state honor, the Order of Friendship.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
As a precision-minded songwriter, she bestowed a kind of emotional dignity on everyday characters in hardscrabble circumstances; as a glittering pop persona, she called constant attention to the artifice of her own A-list stardom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Exhibit A: Wolf Blitzer, whose white beard has bestowed the gift of perpetual old age on him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Less than a year after retiring, Sobers received a knighthood in the New Year Honours of 1975, which was bestowed by Queen Elizabeth II during a royal visit to Barbados.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Remembering the warmth and love she had bestowed upon us on the hill, I reached up and caressed the Virgen’s glorious blue garb, tracing the embroidered stars delicately with the tips of my fingers.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
