sweep upward
Example Sentences
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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 whole action should sweep upward in intensity until the highest point is reached.
From The Theory of the Theatre by Hamilton, Clayton Meeker
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 Buck, Charles Neville
Across the water rises Sinopah Mountain, while to the north sweep upward the gray-green slopes of Rising Wolf to terminate in purple-red argillites and snow banks.
From Glacier National Park [Montana] by Interior, United States Dept. of the
