uprear
Example Sentences
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Here waves uprear themselves, their tops blown back By the gay, sunny wind, which whips the blue And breaks it into gleams and sparks of light.
From A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass by Lowell, Amy
Here falls a cold rill drop by drop, and green grass-blades uprear Their heads, and fallen leaves are thick, and locusts prattle here.
From Theocritus, translated into English Verse by Theocritus
You who did with anguish bear me, For the Church you did uprear me: Let your blessing with me dwell.
From Black Forest Village Stories by Auerbach, Berthold
Upon the ruins of our present immature civilization it will uprear a charming state of society.
It is now the twelfth hour of the night, birds of darkness are on the wing, the spectres uprear, the dead walk, the living dream.
From Thomas Carlyle by Nichol, John
