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Example sentences for: bestowed

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Hanks and Hodges and de Felice say that most of these nicknames could also be bestowed ironically.
Or maybe some sounds will never have absolute phonetic accuracy bestowed on them, as in ring —or is it rrring , or some other sound altogether?
If one is fortunate enough to carry one of those Italian names beginning with Bon- or Buon(buono good), for example, one's value is announced to all the world: the parents of Michelangelo Buonarroti (arrota `gain,' from arrogare `to acquire'; the compound, say Hanks and Hodges, was originally bestowed when parents welcomed the birth of a child) probably were not surprised that he turned out so well, although they might have had even higher hopes for his little brother, Buonarroto Buonarroti .
Given name is clearly preferable if one wishes to distinguish between a name bestowed by the parents in any culture and one automatically inherited.
Another common nickname, bestowed by a satirical paper called Frank , is The Glock und Spiel , probably a sly dig at the Globe's conservative leanings.