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
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
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
The hills sweep upward from the shore, With villas scattered one by one Upon their wooded spurs, and lower Bellaggio blazing in the sun.
From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
