upheave

Example Sentences

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One would have it stop, take heed, upheave....

From My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life by Anonymous

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

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

Each body of water has its own currents, but when the hurricane is abroad they mysteriously intermingle, and from the ocean to the remotest mountain lake the same tremor will upheave them all.

From Life of St. Francis of Assisi by Houghton, Louise Seymour

He loved to attack, to upheave, to overthrow.

From For the Faith by Everett-Green, Evelyn