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stir

verb as in mix up, agitate

verb as in get up and going

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Example Sentences

The team’s 2005 findings, published in Nature, caused a stir.

Google’s recent change in algorithms that choose which titles show up in SERPs has caused quite a stir in the SEO community.

The overall flavor of your stir-fry is going to be dependent on how you marinated your meat and the other seasonings you are using.

Add the 2 beaten eggs and stir-fry 1 minute until the eggs are just set but still a little runny.

While those and other comments caused a stir in Jordan, King Abdullah could mostly ignore them as the musings of a disgruntled but insignificant political player.

From Vox

Remove from heat and stir in the walnuts, rum, powdered sugar, and salt until fully incorporated.

Stir in the frozen peas and chicken, taste for seasonings, and pour the mixture into six (2-cup) ovenproof serving bowls.

With a rubber spatula, stir in the chocolate and cranberries until the dough is well mixed.

Fleeing their homes, many Syrians left behind middle-class lives; most arrived with none of the mementos that stir memory.

In 2012, Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon caused a stir when she told The New York Times that her lesbianism is a “choice.”

The beauty, the mystery,—this fierce sunshine or something—stir——' She hesitated for a fraction of a second.

If it took years to do it, you shall never stir out of this house till it is done.

It was when the face and figure of a great tragedian began to haunt her imagination and stir her senses.

He wasn't the style of man that I'd care to stir up trouble with, judging from his size and the shape of his head.

Not until the servant had thrown open the door of the coach and deposited within the valise he carried, did Garnache stir.

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On this page you'll find 297 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to stir, such as: furor, fuss, uproar, activity, ado, and agitation.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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