bestirs

[US]/bɪ'stɜː/
[UK]/bɪ'stɝ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. to rouse to action; to rouse to one's duty

Phrases & Collocations

bestir oneself

bestirring effort

bestir one's mind

Example Sentences

they rarely bestir themselves except in the most pressing of circumstances.

He bestirred himself to finish the project on time.

She bestirs herself early in the morning to go for a run.

We must bestir ourselves to address this urgent matter.

The manager bestirred his team to work harder towards their goals.

The students bestirred themselves to organize a charity event.

The community bestirs itself during times of crisis to support each other.

She bestirs her creativity when faced with a challenging task.

The team bestirred themselves to come up with innovative solutions.

It is important to bestir oneself to learn new skills and knowledge.

He bestirs his determination to overcome obstacles in his way.

Real-world Examples

Overcome with dread, I rose and bestirred myself.

Source: Essays on the Four Seasons

Yet, considering his own interest in the matter, he might have bestirred himself with a little more alacrity.

Source: Seven-angled Tower (Part 2)

As soon as Charles announced his immediate departure, Grandet bestirred himself to testify much interest in his nephew.

Source: Eugénie Grandet

But Clifford, it seemed, though he did not make his appearance below stairs, had, after all, bestirred himself in quest of amusement.

Source: Seven-angled Tower (Part 2)

After a while she bestirred herself. She descended to the center of the web and there she began to cut some of her lines.

Source: Charlotte's Web

Later, just as I was bestirring myself to go out for an afternoon walk, something white fell softly across my vision.

Source: Essays on the Four Seasons

Anyway, when the gentlemen up at the mine had Geissler's answer, there was nothing for it but they must bestir themselves and come all the way down to Sellanraa again.

Source: The Growth of the Earth (Part 2)

Thomasin had been persuaded by her aunt, and by an instinctive impulse of loyalty towards her cousin Clym, to bestir herself on his account with an alacrity unusual in her during these most sorrowful days of her life.

Source: Returning Home

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