upheave

Example Sentences

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The Archimedian lever found a resting-place in his brain, and sundry of his thoughts seem not inapt to upheave the world.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 by Various

Then during the night they upheave their backs to relieve themselves of the pressure, and thus shake the walling to a fall.”’

From The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by Wentz, W. Y. Evans

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

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

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