upheave

Example Sentences

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He loved to attack, to upheave, to overthrow.

From For the Faith by Everett-Green, Evelyn

There was a quick gliding movement, an upheave and a bump—and then—crash came one of the mighty rollers as before.

From A Veldt Vendetta by Mitford, Bertram

Three days they ride that country, and many a city leave, But the fourth dawn mighty mountains by the inner sea upheave.

From The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs by Morris, William

Every upheave seemed to be followed by a downward settling plunge, as though the ship were already on her way to the bottom.

From A Veldt Vendetta by Mitford, Bertram

"Yes; they'll have the all-firedest upheave there, before long, that ever tore a hole in the bottom of the sea."

From Phemie Frost's Experiences by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)