stirring

Example Sentences

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This summer, nearly a century after Coolidge’s stirring words, marks a good moment to affirm once again those principles on which the U.S. is founded.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Reduce heat to medium-low and cook, stirring occasionally, until the lentils are soft and stewy, about 15 minutes.

From Salon • May 19, 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

With his old tail stirring up the dust, he looked up at her.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls