Example sentences for: bestow

How can you use “bestow” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • But someone with more linguistic flair could use the imperative to bestow the name Mangiacotti ( mangiare to eat, cotti bricks).

  • Baghdad wants the summit to condemn U.S. military action against Iraq and to support the lifting of sanctions, while Saudi Arabia insisted that neither the summit nor the foreign ministers' meeting should "bestow legitimacy" on Saddam.

  • I don't know what name future historians will bestow on our present age, but arguably the age deserves not a name but a nym.

  • "I am truly grateful that we are able to bestow this priceless gift on generations to come.

  • And while Keeping Tabs finds it inappropriate to quibble over the attractiveness of corpses, we will bestow upon Phoenix our special nod for clarity in the face of eternity; it was he who reportedly shouted, "I'm gonna die, dude!"


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