upraise

Example Sentences

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He was apt to present his insight in a sort of parable or allegory, to upraise it before the eyes of mankind on the mast or flagpole of some vehement exaggeration.

From Modern Essays by Ayres, Harry Morgan

Millions of dollars of gold have been extracted from its bed, and millions more await the tunnel, upraise, and drift of the adventurous miner.

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

But only when thine honour shall demand, Or injured right, upraise thy martial hand.

From The Song of the Exile—A Canadian Epic by Skeats, Wilfred S.

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 Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir

The chiefs of the earth, especially the exemplars of divine justice, must make strenuous efforts to guard this state and to upraise and preserve it.

From A Traveler’s Narrative by `Abdu'l-Bahá