upheave

Example Sentences

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You will find the smaller communities living along in unison with the seasons, having neither extreme poverty nor wealth—none of the violent plagues of upheave and unrest which afflict our great populations.

From My Life and Work by Ford, Henry

The earth does not upheave itself from beneath the sea and add new land to that already above water in response to our need for it.

From The National Being Some Thoughts on an Irish Polity by Russell, George William

It is I who must find this treasure, this fulcrum to the lever which is going to upheave France.

From A Splendid Hazard by MacGrath, Harold

To my unspeakable and heartfelt relief we were now on the upheave of the curling combers, and those horrible fins were still behind.

From A Veldt Vendetta by Mitford, Bertram

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