I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a rousing/stirring speech (= making people feel excited and eager to do something )
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Thousands of people were inspired by his stirring speeches.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be stirring (it)
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And now, 5 years on, the City of Hereford is stirring to the call of the cup.
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As he was stirring it he heard Christopher cough and start to cry.
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He ate on, oblivious to the storms he was stirring into the air around him.
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If the global surface was in motion, geophysicists realized that the rock beneath it must also be stirring .
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Nearby, the remainder of the squadron was stirring after a brief respite in a busy twenty-four period.
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Other business activity also is stirring on the commercial half of the 60-acre Town Center site, Malone said.
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There are other signs that the club is stirring itself commercially as it responds to the needs of its growing membership.
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What high-pressure or low-pressure rock fronts were stirring up the surface of the globe?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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For the first couple of days this was stirring stuff - until practical difficulties began to take their toll.
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I make them, despite a stirring strangeness in my stomach.
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It was a stirring place to visit but maybe you wouldn't want to live there.
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Theatres and concert halls can be beautiful and stirring places, quite apart from what goes on in them.
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This was my favourite song as it was quite easy to sing and it had a stirring , catching rhythm.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
feel
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I felt a helpless desire stirring .
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She felt a stirring of envy at this unknown woman.
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She was still angry with him, but at the same time, she felt a stirring of interest.
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Gazing into those dark eyes now, she was surprised to feel a faint stirring of recognition.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Each morning there is a faint stirring of excitement when the zeks march to work.
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I hear the stirring of wings.