upraise

Having arranged her bouquet of all such tender plants as do now "upraise their loaded stems," she walks toward the library window, and, finding it open, steps in.

From Airy Fairy Lilian by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)

When a height of nine thousand feet had been reached the rugged upraise opened out into a nearly level plateau.

From Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania by Jewett Castello Gilson

I have spent fifty years of my life trying to upraise my class.

From From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography by George Edwards M.P. O.B.E.

They must also upraise the flag of the oneness of the world of humanity in the island of Madagascar.

From Tablets of the Divine Plan by `Abdu'l-Bahá

Such cremation he would dare if that Standard he might bear To the dust, and upraise there one more Silvery.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 3, 1892 by Sir F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand

It is Lilian: she is trembling visibly, and the face she upraises to his is pale—nay, gray—with dread suspense.

From Airy Fairy Lilian by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)

The king, for whom the songs awake, As fair return the bard to make— A golden chain upraises.

From The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, April, 1886 by Various

Belgium upraises by her bravery Her name, her rights, and banner free.

From The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life by Angela Brazil

The languid rose her head upraises, and listens to the nightingale, while his wild and thrilling praises from his trembling bosom gush: the languid rose her head upraises, and listens with a blush.

From Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield

Peter Stock was now holding up the Frenchman's arm, as a referee upraises the whip of a winning fighter.

From She Buildeth Her House by William Wistar Comfort

So, here, Washington seems to have just stepped forward and, his head slightly upraised and with eyes fixed on something in the distance, readies himself to speak.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

“But look at us now!” he said, arms upraised.

From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2023

In Game 3 of the 1932 series at Chicago’s Wrigley Field, the Yankees’ Babe Ruth gestured with an upraised finger toward the Cubs pitcher, Charlie Root, and walloped his next pitch for a home run.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 13, 2022

Located 300 feet above the canyon floor, it’s been described as a playground of upraised sandstone.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 24, 2021

The upraised finger almost caused Ben to laugh aloud, but sterner laws of self-preservation prevailed.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

It's an anti-colonialism commentary whose heroes validate the brown people's struggles around the world while distinctly upraising Indian pride.

From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2022

One is compelled to admire the vigour and enthusiastic enterprise, daunted by no difficulty, that is displayed in the wonderfully rapid upraising of a new mining-camp town.

From Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska by Hudson Stuck

At high noon, the royal cortège entered the Crystal Palace, the choir upraising the national anthem of "God save the Queen."

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 by Various

I will pray for you that you may become the cause of upraising the lights of God.

From The Promulgation of Universal Peace by `Abdu'l-Bahá

Make this assemblage the cause of upraising the standard of the oneness of the world of humanity, and confirm these souls so that they may become the promoters of international peace.

From The Promulgation of Universal Peace by `Abdu'l-Bahá