From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishstirringstir‧ring1 /ˈstɜːrɪŋ/ adjective EXCITEDproducing strong feelings or excitement in someone SYN rousing a stirring speech stirring music —stirringly adverb
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stirring• This was my favourite song as it was quite easy to sing and it had a stirring, catching rhythm.• It was a stirring place to visit but maybe you wouldn't want to live there.• Theatres and concert halls can be beautiful and stirring places, quite apart from what goes on in them.• I make them, despite a stirring strangeness in my stomach.• For the first couple of days this was stirring stuff - until practical difficulties began to take their toll.stirringstirring2 noun [countable] SHOW/BE A SIGN OFan early sign that something is starting to happenstirring of the first stirrings of springExamples from the Corpus
stirring• Each morning there is a faint stirring of excitement when the zeks march to work.• I hear the stirring of wings. 