upcast

Example Sentences

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

From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2024

This I saw by the faint upcast rays of the lanterns they had lit for guidance.

From Corporal Sam and Other Stories by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

Thus, a miner working along the coal-seam S, from a to b, would describe the fault, f, as an upcast, since he would have to mine to a higher level to catch his coal again.

From Geology by Geikie, James

As soon as this cry was upcast, to the hall came clerks out of Chaldea, witches and diviners, sorcerers and exorcists.

From Early English Alliterative Poems in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century by Morris, Richard

"Then let us send a message to Mr. Winton," she suggested, playing the part of the capricious ingenue to the very upcast of a pair of mischievous eyes.

From A Fool for Love by Lynde, Francis