| Much to the satisfaction of their spectators and neutrals alike, the locals bestirred themselves in the remaining section of the half. |
| It seemed as if the giant insurance behemoth had bestirred itself to face competition in a liberalised environment. |
| I heard she actually bestirred herself sufficiently to smile twice on the occasion, but I missed the broadcast personally so I still don't believe it. |
| We did not react, and it was only when these flagrant injustices manifested themselves in the second round that we all bestirred ourselves. |
| Within that time Laussat bestirred himself to Gallicize the colony, so far as forms could do so. |
| Perhaps the news in this case was that at long last the government had bestirred itself to publish data on which it had been sitting for decades. |
