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upcast

[uhp-kast, -kahst] / ˈʌpˌkæst, -ˌkɑst /




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There she is with her upcast eyes, unknowable sorrow and perfect sympathy.

From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2024

Every star upcast a spear and hurled it down to smite.

From Perpetual Light : a memorial by William Rose Benét

Then she knelt her down and prayed;   With her eyes upcast to heaven, down she sank upon the ground, And she prayed to God to tell her where the roses might be found.

From Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two by Various

Then, at last, My lids upcast, Our eyes met, I smiled and she smiled, And I shut mine again and truly slept.

From Poems New and Old by John Freeman

They said to themselves they'd be long sorry to let that picthur with them—for he was a picthur, and no doubt of it—to be an upcast to them wherever they'd go.

From Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

She said it with infinite sadness in her voice and an upcasting of eyes that were swimming.

From The Quickening by E. M. Ashe

The roguish upcasting of starry eyes, and the deprecating little manner, tied my tongue for the instant.

From The Love Story of Abner Stone by Edwin Carlile Litsey


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