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
Perhaps only South Africa's Jacques Kallis, who played in many more Tests, is a pretender to the title of cricket's greatest all-rounder which was bestowed on Sobers by fellow legend Richie Benaud.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
It didn’t take long for Bogle to identify a sliver of daylight in the mandate bestowed upon his new firm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
And yet I am bestowed only with the meager effect of his hard-fought riches, that troubling awe and contempt and piety I still hold for his life.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
