ADJECTIVE
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on the move
the whole town was astir over the incident
up and about -
out of bed
are they astir yet?
up by seven each morning
How To Use astir In A Sentence
- She was rarely astir later than 7 o'clock.
- The day was Monday, 14th June, and by half past six the camp was astir. THE OPEN DOOR
- And the international community would be empowered to at least officially recognize that something wicked is astir in Syria. Michael Hughes: UN Fiddles While Syria Burns
- When news of the gruesome homicide began to trickle out, the Washington Post newsroom was astir.
- A bigger surprise by far is that similar speculation is astir in Japan. Japan's Shutdown About Nothing
- A single room at the Astir Hotel costs ￡56 a night.
- The whole community was astir when the news came that the enemy bombing would be restored.
- The production that set the New York and London stages astir will creep into Tokyo Nov.16-19 at the Sun Mall Theater in Shinjuku.
- Something, for example, is astir in Latin America which gives an unanticipated scope for hope even as the Middle East continues to blindly grope its way towards partnership with Asia.
- The quiet mountain village suddenly became astir.
