stirring

Example Sentences

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San Antonio’s sensational big man is sending a stirring playoff message.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

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

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

There were no stirring words in Spanish, no “Sí se puede” chanted, as might have happened in the past.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Seven laughed and turned back to the cauldron, stirring it as the potion bubbled.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega