Bestirred

As she hove to, a cable length away, the captain of The Francis Spaight bestirred himself and ordered a tarpaulin to be thrown over O'Brien's corpse. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This line made it easy for us to determine how far to let them run away before we bestirred ourselves in pursuit. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Japan's central bank bestirred the markets yesterday with an unexpected expansion of its quantitative easing program and an explicit inflation target. ❋ Unknown (2012)

After that the owner of the dogs bestirred himself, made complaint to Constantine, and from him received the loan of a policeman. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The Old General was in a sad state of health, but he bestirred himself to reply. ❋ Robert W. Merry (2009)

Unidentified Woman #1: ... and thus has so bestirred thee in they sleep ... ❋ Unknown (2010)

Gore saw the seriousness of the problem more vividly and sooner than the vast majority of Americans and bestirred himself to do something about it. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I waited two weeks after the publication of the Washington Monthly's new ranked list of these overlooked schools before I bestirred myself to write this column. ❋ Unknown (2010)

During one of the periodic crackdowns that the government bestirred itself to conduct, customs officials somehow managed to seize 366 rum-running boats; 365 of them were subsequently stolen from the government storage facility. ❋ DANIEL OKRENT (2010)

He would not have bestirred himself as he did for Cadwaladr, to whom he owed nothing but ill. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I'm glad some of our gedoylim have bestirred themselves and stood up to this trash, but there should be a little, "And what if he was Muslim?" involved here. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Obama only bestirred himself to condemn the violence against the protesters after his shameful silence was criticised in the US – and even then his comments were entirely inadequate. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He bestirred himself as part of a maneuver to adjust his line of sight on his guests. ❋ Rafael Yglesias (2009)

Jeffrey Weiss, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) Peace Education Director, Central Region, bestirred himself to suggest Israel's innocence of the crime of genocide even before the Israeli assault ended. ❋ Unknown (2009)