bestir
verb (used with object)
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively).
are bestirring
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present progressiveof bestir.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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In Cincinnati, in Cleveland, in Boston, they are bestirring themselves.
From The Making of an American by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis
You have roused the families, and they are bestirring themselves.
From Ursula by Katharine Prescott Wormeley
The labor unions are bestirring themselves to deal with the sweating curse, and the gospel of less law and more enforcement sits enthroned at Albany.
From A Ten Year War An Account of The Battle with The Slum in New York by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis
Elsewhere, through the agency of the great railway companies, some of which are bestirring themselves in this matter with a gallantry and generosity deserving of all praise.
From Speeches: Literary and Social by Charles Dickens
And in Silesia; do you see, Silesia is bestirring itself also; the States are bestirring themselves; there is intelligence in the province.
From Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel by Rudolf von Gottschall
