How to Use stir up in a Sentence

stir up

verb

• Sharp cracks and booms stirred up plumes of dark smoke.
  — Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2024
• As Venus and Uranus clash, the choices of a loved one stir up unrest.
  — USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2024
• Just stir up the dough, spoon it into the pot, cover and come back in about a half-hour.
  — Sheri Castle, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2024
• But the home team didn’t do much to stir up the home crowd, with just 16 shots on goal in three periods.
  — Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2024
• Pour in about 1 cup broth or white wine, stir up any browned bits and pour it all into a large stock pot.
  — Kathleen Purvis, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• This stirred up southbound, high-speed gales that promoted the advance of the flames.
  — Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Aug. 2023
• The wild card is Election Day, which, depending on the year, can stir up a wide range of emotions.
  — Brian Manzullo, Detroit Free Press, 11 July 2023
• When ice is not there to protect the eggs, strong winds and waves stir up the sediment and reduce the number of fish that hatch in the spring.
  — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2024
• The lawsuit happened just in time to stir up the troops in Boston, all gathered under one roof at BIO.
  — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2023
• Trailers are designed to stir up excitement, the amuse-bouche that whets your appetite for the three-course meal.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2024
• However, people do have more control over the dust stirred up by land use.
  — WIRED, 23 Oct. 2023
• This pet-friendly brewery assures that even if the breakup stirs up some melancholy, man’s best friend won’t be far away.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 14 Mar. 2024
• Ice tempers winds and waves from storms that can stir up sediment, reducing the number of fish that hatch in the spring.
  — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2024
• Schroeder stirred up quite the reaction to her caption.
  — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2023
• Wear a mask to avoid inhaling fungal spores stirred up by raking.
  — USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
• So, is this latest stunt a rejection of the quiet luxury craze, the start of a new trend, or simply a stir up views and clicks?
  — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 3 Mar. 2024
• At the base of a seawall, the constant churn of water stirs up sediment; that sediment is then swept back to sea.
  — Daniel A. Gross, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2023
• The horrendous events of October the 7th and the Israeli response, seem to have stirred up this ancient hatred.
  — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 18 Dec. 2023
• The moon and Pluto align today, stirring up power struggles with loved ones.
  — USA TODAY, 4 July 2023
• Kim was stirring up the type of havoc that his July has delivered with a patient seven-pitch walk to lead off the game.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2023
• But the reflections stirred up by this scenario lack the weight to leave the audience ruminating on them for long.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2024
• On top of that, the shallowness made excavations tricky because strong winds caused waves that stirred up the sediment on the bottom of the sea.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2024
• The goal of a follow-up isn’t just to close a sale but to stir up interest through conversation and to keep the customer’s attention.
  — David Villa, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• When wind or farm workers stir up the soil, people can breathe in the fungus, leading to an infection called valley fever.
  — Dallas News, 20 Feb. 2023
• Harrison, 33, joined the cast in the third season as Laramie, a barrel racer whose presence in the eponymous ranch's bunkhouse stirs up trouble.
  — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2023
• Its six-week retrograde stirred up home drama, but certain grievances had to be shared.
  — USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2023
• An acquaintance arrives with a case sure to stir up his interest.
  — Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 9 Sep. 2023
• As well as coloring, Stormi made mini pancakes with her mom and even stirred up the batter and placed it into a skillet.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 19 Apr. 2023
• Reed said Lee made threats about working to hurt Reed’s support in the Black community and threatened to help stir up destructive protests.
  — Mike Cason | [e-mail], al, 21 Feb. 2023
• Irritation is stirred up when the Aries moon aggravates Mars.
  — USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024