stirring

• In the stirring, after all," she said, returning a few minutes later, breathless from her hurried trip No It can't be We didn't stop a minute But we shouldn't have commenced! —  Peggy-Alone
• She paused and her eyes closed Mrs. Wladek felt something happen It was ... she felt ... a stirring, a changing She stood up suddenly and the chair clattered, balanced and rocked back upright. —  Hex
• But who do you think is foremost champion on the school side--stirring them up to resist, abusing you, abusing Flip, abusing the monitors, and making light of Harpour's doings Walter asked "Who?" —  St. Winifred's, or The World of School
• There's plenty of room for stirring, and it won't be difficult to steer clear of the crowd. —  Chatterbox, 1906
• I felt a stirring, a straining in my father's letter. —  The Promised Land

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