stirred
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,325 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,459 times across 175,112 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion also: moved, affected, touched too moved to speakvery touched by the stranger's kindness
- emotionally aroused also: stimulated, stirred up, aroused
- set into a usually circular motion in order to mix or blend
stirred in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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She never stirred; but M. Desclavettes and M. Chapelain ran.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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She stirred uneasily, with an impatient sigh; and you saw that she was vaguely puzzled.
Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice · James Branch Cabell · Chapter 1
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Suddenly I found myself face to face with the young man whose personality had so strangely stirred me.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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No thrill transmitted stirred the lock Of jack-straw needle-ice at base; Towers undermined by waves—the block Atilt impending—kept their place.
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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When, in spite of all this, he neither spoke nor stirred, she flung the full light of the lamp on his face.
The Emperor — Volume 02 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1