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

He loved to attack, to upheave, to overthrow.

From For the Faith by Everett-Green, Evelyn

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

From the soil of slavery itself have sprung forth some of the most brilliant productions, whose logical levers will ultimately upheave and overthrow the system.

From Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by Himself by Bibb, Henry

It is like the volcanic fires that flame in the depths of the earth; it will yet upheave the ocean and the land, and flame up to heaven.

From A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee by Cooke, John Esten