Sentence examples for a bestowing from inspiring English sources

He sometimes obtruded on what he described with a bestowing air, but that constant presence, which could feel undisciplined and unmedical, was requisite to his particular brand of intimacy.

It is a bestowed moral authority that gives the right to organise and direct the efforts of others.

That you either have it or you don't – that it's a gift, a bestowed thing.

Today, everyone in our military is regarded as a warrior, bestowing on him or her a degree of invincibility.

AS he slowly walked through the adoring and bubbling crowd of young people, the frail elderly man brushed a cheek, clasped an arm, bestowed a smile.

Have we gone trophy-crazy as a society, bestowing trophies on children for almost anything, even just showing up?

This ceremony was highly evocative of simony, both because a layman bestowed a spiritual benefice and because money was often offered or demanded.

Mr. O'Connell then worked a career underground, apparently bestowing a prospector's gene on his descendants.

Success is a gift bestowed on a good girl by the gods.

They were bestowing a big bonus on a friend and vice president at the company.

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