stirring

Example Sentences

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I wonder how many people in this room are stirring the forces that will be ash in someone’s ice core 1,500 years from now.

From Slate • May 8, 2026

TM Krishna, prominent Indian vocalist, author and social activist, says: "Elections are about stirring imagination. This is not a verdict against Dravidian politics. It is something else. Vijay offers a new imagination."

From BBC • May 5, 2026

In a stirring speech earlier this year, he urged middle powers to join forces in the face of a new global reality defined by great power competition and a "fading" rules‑based order.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

Fatih Akin directs a stirring, thoughtful drama—based on the memories of Hark Bohm—about a German child on a remote North Sea island in 1945.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

My words were airy, with no hint of the humiliation and spite stirring just under the surface.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu