Meaning of bestow in English
(Definition of bestow from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
bestow | Intermediate English
Examples of bestow
bestow
She has earned her serenity, not having had it bestowed on her but having passed her tests.
From Huffington Post
In other words, the snippet of empathy bestowed upon us by evolution is growing.
From Plain Dealer
It bestows a sense of purpose and accomplishment and enables people to provide for themselves and their families.
From Heritage.org
But as usual, once the awards were bestowed, the end result was a number of snubs and surprises.
From New York Daily News
Classics bestow even greater iconic status, and a higher starting price.
From CBS News
In fact, you could even say it was a mistake, and at the time it was bestowed, they wished they could have taken it back.
From Chicago Tribune
Their investigation identifies the specific type of advantage these spines bestow in the competition to reproduce.
From Phys.Org
It is thus only a football related activity that can bestow upon a student such a unique blend of recognition, gratitude and immortality.
From Huffington Post
They were often bestowed as a sign of favor.
From Reuters
She is known to capture spirits and bestow riches, and to govern an innumerable host of water spirits known as mami watas and papi watas.
From Huffington Post
If reviewing incomplete to-do lists brings us down, it appears compiling have-done lists bestows a sense of satisfaction and enhances performance.
From Chicago Tribune
The person who bestows happiness always gets much more of it in return.
From Huffington Post
That is about the faintest praise anyone could possibly bestow.
From Baltimore Sun
But according to developmental researchers, there is one lasting gift that extended adolescence can bestow, and it resides in the brain.
From The Atlantic
For under the most powerful and most sovereign of all rulers, it was bestowed upon mankind.
From cleveland.com
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