bestowed

Perhaps we are moving toward a day when reading a diverse historical, like one of Beverly Jenkins’s romances, featuring brown faces bestowed with lovely gowns and happily-ever-afters, is not subversive, but natural and true.

These are the names we bestow on animals we adore, cherish and care for.

The suspect, Anthony Bernard Brennan, became an instant symbol of resistance to calls for police reform — a mantle his attorneys have long said was unfairly bestowed.

There’s 49ers Coach Kyle Shanahan, the son of Mike Shanahan, to whom Snyder bestowed all football power in 2010.

Aimee CunninghamThere are signs that the immune system can learn how to deal with the virus, bestowing at least temporary immunity.

She also features a more natural face than the one of docile serenity so often bestowed on the Queen of Heaven.

They shared a birthday—July 8—and Nelson always thought that bestowed some sort of personal aura on him.

She even embraced, indeed capitalized on, the sexist "Money Honey" moniker bestowed upon her.

That level of hate would never be bestowed upon someone was anything short of a revolutionary.

Since then, Singh has mumbled along inaudibly, knowing power only as a gift bestowed, not as a responsibility earned.

He used to walk through the park, and note with pleasure the care that his father bestowed on the gigantic property.

Their eyes met, and he smiled a friendly, reassuring smile, such as a father might have bestowed upon a daughter.

He had received the scanty education generally bestowed upon the sons of small yeomen at the beginning of the present century.

And if the bailee is a finder who has bestowed labor on the article found in good faith, the same rule applies.

Hence, we leave him at this point, joining heartily in the best wishes and the compliments bestowed upon him by his friends.