Definition of Stirrings

1. Noun. (plural of stirring) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stirrings

1. stirring [n] - See also: stirring

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stirrings

stirrah
stirrahs
stirras
stirre
stirred
stirred(p)
stirred up
stirrer
stirrers
stirres
stirrest
stirreth
stirring
stirring up
stirringly
stirrings (current term)
stirrup
stirrup bone
stirrup cup
stirrup iron
stirrup pump
stirrups
stirs
stirs up
stishie
stishies
stishovite
stistaite
stitch
stitch-up

Literary usage of Stirrings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the National Bipartisan Commission on Central America by Henry A Kissinger (1998)
"stirrings of Change -- The period of the 1930's was terribly disruptive in Central America. As the bottom dropped out of the market for Central America's ..."

2. The Analyst: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, Natural History by William Holl, Neville Wood, Edward Mammatt (1837)
"... matured to penitence and peace by the faint stirrings of that better spirit which cannot be quenched. W. PROCEEDINGS OF PROVINCIAL SOCIETIES. ..."

3. The Making of the American Citizenry: An Introduction to Political Socialization by Michael P. Riccards (1973)
"... The stirrings of Moral Authority At first, it may seem unnecessary to discuss the child in his earliest and admittedly ..."

4. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1853)
"The stirrings of literary ambition, with all the sense of pride and pleasure which the first exercise of power of mind affords; the delight with which his ..."

5. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1889)
"Many a man now doing noble work can trace the first stirrings of those higher thoughts and aims that have dominated Krom u photograph] John Campbell Shairp. ..."

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