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Example sentences for: stir

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Tragedy doesn't stir violent urges but rather inhibits them.
Deborah Mathis of Gannett caused a stir in Republican circles with her report last Wednesday that presidential aspirant Sen. John Ashcroft of Missouri had all but locked up the oh-so-coveted political consulting services of former Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed.
It can stir great creativity among programmers, as the Linux story illustrates.
Reviews--published and killed--of New York Times science writer Angier's feminist exploration of women's biology stir up a journalistic controversy about conflict of interest.
Even the two-part fluffy carpet I saw in Elle seems just an awkward effort to stir things up.