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Rhapsodic swaths of wind and brass sweep upward in inverted cascades, and the clang of raw, unturned percussion represents the noisy soundscape of a building site.

From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2014

His eyes sweep upward from stalls to gallery, pausing for a moment at the Royal Box.

From Time Magazine Archive

The hills sweep upward from the shore,25 With villas scattered one by one Upon their wooded spurs, and lower Bellagio blazing in the sun.

From Poems on Travel by Various

For an instant the brown lines shiver and hang hesitant under the sting of the death-hail—but after that moment they leap forward and sweep upward.

From The Tempering by Charles Neville Buck

The whole action should sweep upward in intensity until the highest point is reached.

From The Theory of the Theatre by Clayton Meeker Hamilton


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