upheave

Example Sentences

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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

I never did, and many years went by; Then, near a Southern port, one Christmas Eve, I watched a gale go roaring through the sky, Making the cauldrons of the clouds upheave.

From Georgian Poetry 1913-15 by Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir

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

The latter was mightily amused by the adventure, and continued for a considerable time afterwards to upheave his huge shoulders with suppressed laughter.

From The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

In the realm of shades, on a throne of gold, By the side of her royal spouse, behold Fair Proserpine, With gloomy mien, While deep sighs upheave her bosom.

From Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine by Heine, Heinrich