upheave

Example Sentences

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Taras also felt his soul upheave, but he conquered his wrath, knowing the people.

From For the Right by Franzos, Karl Emil

We live on a volcanic mass, which at any moment may upheave and blow us to glory without the benefit of the clergy, the most of whom are in the army of Dixie.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 6, June, 1862 Devoted To Literature and National Policy by Various

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

The mountains huge appear Emergent, and their broad bare backs upheave Into the clouds, their tops ascend the sky.

From The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science by Dawson, John William

A moment passed, the upheave of the shoulders became more pronounced, he rose swiftly and walked to Cassandra’s side.

From Lady Cassandra by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.