bestir
verb (used with object)
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively).
bestirring
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present participleof bestir.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Evidently the Son of Heaven was bestirring himself on behalf of his unhappy people.
From Time Magazine Archive
IT was an occasion without precedent and another gauge of the new economic winds bestirring the Soviet Union.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the Japanese Diet, Premier Yoshida will often drowse through the opposition speeches, sometimes bestirring himself to deal with questions: "I will not answer that."
From Time Magazine Archive
Al- though this report was denied in Madrid, it remains as indicative of the feeling bestirring liberal Spaniards concerning the Royal House.
From Time Magazine Archive
"How can do?" he asked, seeing that Dick bestirring himself.
From The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
