Words similar to bestowed

Example sentences for: bestowed

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

Stross could have written a fabulous book about how Microsoft's meritocracy produced a perfect monopoly, out of sheer grit and the love bestowed upon its team of managers by America's mutual funds (their fondness for Microsoft stock yielded a price that allowed the company, with its handsome stock-option compensation program, to hold on to its best, most talented players).
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.
The name Guangzhou was bestowed during the Kingdom of Wu (third century a.d.), but foreigners came to call it “Canton.”
Affirmative action is likely to fail when it is merely a special preference bestowed upon those who have the right parents, whether "right" means educational pedigree or skin color.
Their name, says the myth, was bestowed on them when an ancestor, on his way to meet another tribe, walked through land burned by prairie fire and blackened his moccasins.