uprisen

Example Sentences

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The whole town had uprisen as one man and demanded a dress-suit.

From The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns by Bennett, Arnold

Behold this forest of uprisen spears,   Symbol of might!

From Nero by Phillips, Stephen

Another star arisen; another flag unfurled; Another name inscribed among the nations of the world; Another mighty struggle 'gainst a tyrant's fell decree, And again a burdened people have uprisen, and are free.

From War Poetry of the South by Various

Our Britain! uprisen in the splendour   Of your white wrath at treacheries so vile;   Roused from your sleep, become once more defender   Of those high things which make life worth life's while!

From 'All's Well!' by Oxenham, John

When he wrote it was a sentence of singular construction, truly indicative of how vague awe and dread had uprisen to take large standing beside simple humane solicitude.

From The Unknown Sea by Housman, Clemence