Sentence examples for could not stir from inspiring English sources

But Dr. Eng could not stir up much interest in his molecule.

He says: "I could not move; I could not stir a finger".

Wellington governed India and Spain and his own troops, and fought battles like a good family man, paid his debts, and though general of an army in Spain, could not stir abroad for fear of public creditors.

The non-stop pipe smoking made Timberlake so sick that he "could not stir for several hours".

He saw it as the first time that Sudan's political and religious groups had been able to meet each other in a venue where the British could not stir up disputes between the different factions.

"If you want to get real science fiction, think about this: it couldn't stir the risotto for you, but it could tell you if you weren't stirring it fast enough".

Even the earth's flagging ability to support life as we know it couldn't stir a public outcry.

José Mourinho made a valiant effort in an easy win over Manchester United to stoke up some much-needed beef with a sly dig about having United "in our pockets" for the whole game, but if we're being honest now, even that couldn't stir up any legitimate aggro.

Busch could not have stirred the fans' anger any more than he did May 3 at Richmond, when Earnhardt was on the verge of ending a two-year stretch without a victory.

"It is true that I had been upset for four decades, and in that time could not be stirred to answer an invitation or a piece of fundraising mail from anyone at the university," Reid writes.

If you do not stir the cheese, parts of it could end up burning.