Sentence examples for rather stirring from inspiring English sources

In fact, there is nothing gloomy about Goddard, rather stirring excitement at the chance of being involved in what has the makings of one of the great races of London 2012, and beyond.

The result was that Boies was able to read into the record some rather stirring evocations of the good that allowing same-sex marriage would accomplish — for the children of such couples, for American ideals of tolerance and equality — that had been written by one of the trial's two witnesses against same-sex marriage.

The result was that Boies was able to read into the record some rather stirring evocations of the good that allowing same-sex marriage would accomplish for the children of such couples, for American ideals of tolerance and equality that had been written by one of the trial's two witnesses against same-sex marriage.

In more substantive news, Hillary also came out this week in support of the Obama administration's efforts to reform the racially "out of balance" criminal justice system, and gave a rather stirring Georgetown speech emphasizing the need to show respect "even for one's enemies".

He was rather stirring, in fact: We are a tribal species.

In 1950s movies like Rudolph Maté's wonderful "When Worlds Collide" (1951), there's always at least a glimmer of hope, and a rather stirring sense that we frail specimens of humanity are all in this dire fix together.

Rather than stirring controversy in India, the article was met with gentle mockery.

But who among the world's humans does not rather enjoy stirring, heating and slurping?

It dances immaculately on too small an area; it is sedate rather than stirring.

"Intolerable," fumes the general secretary of Mr Kohl's Christian Democratic Union, who sees the inclusion of the Eisler tune (rather a stirring one, actually) as desecration.

If Russia wants a more constructive voice in European security, it could show earnest by doing more to resolve these conflicts rather than stirring them up.