uprear
Example Sentences
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He hails The crews, and biddeth them the masts uprear, And stretch the sheets.
From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax
Natural barriers uprear before the traveler, barriers which he must scale with sweat and straining muscles.
From North of Fifty-Three by Fischer, Anton Otto
He seemed to shrink in stature, standing before the other man's uprear of imperious will.
From The Debtor A Novel by Stevens, William Dodge
All hail, ye mountains that uprear Your lordly heights magnificent!
From Canada, My Land and Other Compositions in Verse by MacKeracher, W. M.
Upon the ruins of our present immature civilization it will uprear a charming state of society.
