Sample Sentences for
bestow
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    May God bestow his blessings on your baby.
    bestow = give (as a gift)
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    They bestow their wearer with both speed and flight.  (source)
    bestow = give
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    At moments like this I envy those who have found a safe haven, in which to bestow their hearts; or perhaps I envy them for having a heart to bestow.  (source)
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    He bore with fortitude her Wait Till I Get You Home ... and returned the hug at long last bestowed upon him.  (source)
    bestowed = given
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    Hunger does not bestow an inner radiance.  (source)
    bestow = give
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    I craved human contact so much by then that I actually looked forward to him coming to see me; it felt like he was bestowing a gift to me …. his presence.  (source)
    bestowing = giving
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    Upstairs, five bedrooms, the second largest of which he bestows on me.†  (source)
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    : It is a match, my daughter is bestow'd.†  (source)
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    CYRANO (taking off his hat): Gentle child, Although my Gascon pride would else forbid To take the least bestowal from your hands, My fear of wounding you outweighs that pride, And bids accept... (He goes to the buffet): A trifle!†  (source)
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    The applause came again, more easily this time, since the role of judge and bestower had been returned to the audience.†  (source)
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    Sex contains all, bodies, souls, Meanings, proofs, purities, delicacies, results, promulgations, Songs, commands, health, pride, the maternal mystery, the seminal milk, All hopes, benefactions, bestowals, all the passions, loves, beauties, delights of the earth, All the governments, judges, gods, follow'd persons of the earth, These are contain'd in sex as parts of itself and justifications of itself.†  (source)
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    The benefits which a Soveraign bestoweth on a Subject, for fear of some power, and ability he hath to do hurt to the Common-wealth, are not properly Rewards;†  (source)
    standard suffix: Today, the suffix "-eth" is replaced by "-s", so that where they said "She bestoweth" in older English, today we say "She bestows."
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    As a reflection of qualified confidence, Emile had bestowed upon him a spoon in place of a knife.  (source)
    bestowed = given
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    Sir, can you tell Where he bestows himself?  (source)
    bestows = keeps (or has placed)
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    We hear our bloody cousins are bestowed In England and in Ireland;  (source)
    bestowed = hiding
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