upraise
Example Sentences
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Located 300 feet above the canyon floor, it’s been described as a playground of upraised sandstone.
From Seattle Times
Instead of celebrating the girl's talent, her Aunt Duke chastises the girl, insisting she use her gifts only to upraise God and for no other purpose.
From Salon
With upraised fists, the workers chanted in unison: “No justice, no peace.”
From Seattle Times
Sloane then had the image manipulated to show the son with most of his body submerged and one arm upraised, as if about to throw a water polo ball.
From Washington Post
A Good Samaritan, I would be told, had seen me reeling in circles, with arms upraised, as if dancing, or praying, then watched me collapse in an epileptic seizure.
From New York Times
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