He thus took back from Ebeid certain powers that he had once bestowed.

He was not a demonstrative person, but the warmth of personality, once bestowed, was very precious to me.

Each grade may only be bestowed once upon the same person.

This recognition is among the highest titles in Bamum society, and once bestowed is passed down from generation to generation.

Entitlements, however, once bestowed, are very difficult to rescind.

This grinning monstrosity had once bestowed its distant smile upon several generations of cinema-going heads.

Like the sari, the expression wasn't quite as salacious as the one she'd once bestowed on prospective customers, but it came close.

That same flat-eyed, deadly stare Jeremy had once bestowed upon him on Terra.

But it is all too well known that new licenses, once bestowed, would be good for another two decades.

Hurstwood was still worthy, in a physical sense, of the affection his wife had once bestowed upon him, but in a social sense he fell short.