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Example sentences for "stirred"

Lexicographically close words:
stirless; stirpe; stirps; stirr; stirre; stirrer; stirrers; stirreth; stirring; stirrings
  1. It not only sent preachers of its own order to those realms, but encouraged and stirred up the other orders to do the same thing, without shrinking from the excessive expenses necessary for the purpose.

  2. With this object, they stirred up the old inhabitants of Capinatan, and persuaded those of Fotol, bringing them to join them by means of threats and prayers.

  3. And it is clear that his mind had been stirred to its depths by the secession.

  4. It stirred my deepest feelings and made the tears pour down my cheeks.

  5. It was a strange excitement which stirred the women at home, as well as the men afield.

  6. The Misses Snow were stirred by the romance of the occasion.

  7. Then he made out a sagacious plan of attack on the Spaniards, and stirred up the brave Araucanians to the contest by assuring them of a speedy victory.

  8. As the weary boy told his tale of domestic heroism, Pedro Jimenez's better nature stirred within him.

  9. As the last flash of lightning flickered faintly away, and the last thunder roll died out in the sky, Catiline stirred the freedman with his foot.

  10. It stirred up the flickering spark of life within him and he opened his eyes; he thought he saw a faint gleam of daylight.

  11. The commander of the vessel, Captain Wassman, brought a piece of news that made Sir Arthur desperately anxious to get back to Zaila, and very considerably stirred up the rest of the party.

  12. Then while she stirred her pot, he stabbed her to get free of her love philters.

  13. I thought of all of them, whilst the wind stirred faintly the summer leaves.

  14. Certainly we do, but an investigation in that direction has already stirred up other suspicions.

  15. It is not necessary to state that our hero was aroused and stirred to the very lowest depths of his nature.

  16. He would work for an object he was likely to gain, but if disappointed, regretted the exertions he had made, and refused, with humorous logic, to be stirred to fresh effort.

  17. The cold braced the muscles and stirred the blood, and the sounds of activity had an invigorating influence while the day was young, but Charnock felt slack.

  18. The logs snapped and a fitful wind stirred the tops of the pines.

  19. The farmer drove away and a cloud of dust the team stirred up blew down the street.

  20. The freshness and hint of returning life reacted on Charnock, and stirred his blood when he glanced at his companion.

  21. The blood of kindred stirred within him, and he felt that he was his son.

  22. But the waves of profound waters are not easily stirred up by light winds; a ripple may curl the surface, but the bosom of the deep is still.

  23. The sweet Spring season stirred in Adrian as well as in others: not to pastoral measures: to the joys of the operatic world and bravura glories.

  24. The hush that came with her, and her soft manner of moving, stirred the silly youth to some of those ardours that awaken the Knight of Dames in our bosoms.

  25. The wretched butler's coat was slit and welted; his hat knocked in; his flabby spirit so broken that he started and trembled if his pitiless executioner stirred a foot.

  26. All at once a gentle thrill of pride stirred within her at the thought that the man whose portrait hung there in the shop window had been in love with her in the days of his youth, and had kissed her.

  27. Not a quiver stirred the air, and it seemed as if the cool of the evening was yet far remote.

  28. The city was stirred when the prophet of Nazareth thus entered it; but he simply went into the temple, looked about with heavy heart, and, as it was late, returned to Bethany with the twelve for the night.

  29. When his early cures in Capernaum stirred the ardent feelings of the multitudes, he took occasion to withdraw to other towns and allow popular feeling to cool.

  30. She looked down at the young happy face, at the slim young body in its dainty trappings, and a rare impulse of tenderness stirred in her dried heart.

  31. But Slevin's right hand stirred in unison and it moved like light.

  32. His very voice changed in timbre, in quality; it became rich, alive; his eyes caressed the woman and stirred her to a new response.

  33. She has stirred up your wickedness, Mike, and you've gone nutty.

  34. Then a great breath stirred his lungs, and with shining eyes and rapt countenance he went on into the fields.

  35. The presence of purity is a sharp pain to impurity, and an evil spirit is stirred to its depths when in contact with Jesus.

  36. Both Matthew and Mark tell us that the priests and rulers had 'stirred up' the people to choose Barabbas, but apparently the mob, once roused, needed no further stimulant.

  37. And there stirred far down within him the ghost of warmth, as from sparks lingering beneath a mound of flaky ash.

  38. Little Jon stretched out Sir Lamorac, feet foremost, and stirred the creature up.

  39. Winifred saw a drop of blood ooze out of his lip, and the sight stirred her profoundly.

  40. She nodded, and horror stirred within old Jolyon, the horror of one who has never known a struggle with desperation.

  41. He did not know; but his breathing stirred it, caught there.

  42. James was stirred to the depths of his long thin figure; he had no idea his niece held such downright views.

  43. With extreme care they raised the old dog's body, whose faded tan and white showed here and there under the leaves stirred by the wind.

  44. Her finger and thumb closed on his thigh till he stirred uneasily.

  45. And there stirred in her a tortuous impulse to push the matter toward decision.

  46. She had stirred Jon up so fearfully, yet nothing definite was promised or arranged!

  47. No, no; too much mud has been stirred up already; we'll let it rest for a bit.

  48. There, that's real bush tea for you," continued the Duke, in a simmer of satisfaction himself as he stirred the mixture with the stick.

  49. I stopped dead and only stirred when the violent and prolonged sounding of an automobile horn reminded me that I was standing in the middle of a cross-street.

  50. Madam la Lune stirred and I sensed her sightless eyes turning, turning toward me in the dark.

  51. It stirred up a swarm of newspaper enemies against him; and proved a severe strain to the attachment of his friends there.

  52. The good people of Concord had been mightily stirred up that spring, by an attempt to arrest Frank B.

  53. His hero, the Count of Monte Beni, would never have lived had not the Faun of Praxiteles stirred the author's admiration.

  54. President Lincoln had issued his premonitory proclamation of emancipation, and Harvard College was stirred to its academic depths.

  55. By firmness and prudence he had maintained peace in his Viceroyalty in the midst of the commotions which stirred all Spanish America.

  56. The depredations of the Patriots stirred up the resistance of the people, and various detachments were cut up in detail.

  57. Napoleon had stirred up against himself a national war and was irremediably lost.

  58. But for more than two centuries before the Union of the Crowns the only wars which troubled Stirling were those which Scots themselves stirred up when they found themselves at variance with their rulers.

  59. It is little wonder that the pitiless policy of James stirred up feelings of revenge amongst the nobles.

  60. Lon stirred his dank black hair ferociously, standing it on end with horny fingers.

  61. He stepped nearer, and Black Pussy's ferocious yowl was the only remonstrance as he stirred Scraggy roughly with his foot.

  62. Somehow, his whole soul went out to her, his being stirred to its depths.

  63. The very passion in her, that abandonment which comes from the untutored, stirred all that was primeval in him, all the desperate longing in a soul newly born.

  64. Fledra thought of her own mad affection for Horace, of his love for her, and of how her longing for him stirred the very depths of her soul, uplifting and refreshing it.

  65. Presently, after the departure of Lem, Lon stirred his feet, dragged himself up in the chair, and turned upon the girl.

  66. The young master went into the drawing-room, stirred the grate fire, and sat down with a book.

  67. The sound of her hoarse voice stirred Everett's senses.

  68. His order was obeyed, and not a man stirred from the spot until all the reserve horses were across the bridge.

  69. His speech swept all before it; no one could listen to his words without feeling his heart stirred and his pulse quickened.


  70. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "stirred" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    affected; agog; aroused; bursting; ebullient; effervescent; excited; exhilarated; fire; fired; high; impassioned; inflamed; manic; moved; stimulated; susceptible; thrilled; tingling; yeasty