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stirrings

  • plural
    of stirring.
    stirring
    adjective
    rousing, exciting, or thrilling.

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And everywhere the ambient stirrings of the 16-speaker Bang & Olufsen mega-audio with integrated noise canceling, featuring a “Quiet mode” that allows adults in front to talk without waking the kids.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2025

The first real stirrings of a proper red army in the land of the green and the gold.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2025

Or you may think it is connected to the first stirrings of an embryo in the womb.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2024

But that’s why it’s so weirdly moving to watch the stirrings of a deeper consciousness, her gradual recognition of her place in a world that’s far more brutally misshapen than she is.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2023

I could not identify individuals, only stirrings of color.

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli