uprisen

Example Sentences

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Then all at once, the whole dream-world vanishes, like uprisen ghosts at the crowing of the cock.

From Memories A Story of German Love by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)

But who is he, uprisen, with eye so keen, In garb of shining plush of grassy green— Dogs climbing round him, eager for the start, With ceaseless tail, and doubly beating heart?

From May Day with the Muses by Bloomfield, Robert

Behold this forest of uprisen spears,   Symbol of might!

From Nero by Phillips, Stephen

Indeed such rattle as he rated it, Is it not strange, and passing precedent, That the illustrious chief of Government Should have uprisen with such indecent speed And strenuously replied?

From The Dynasts by Hardy, Thomas

For here was instantly recognized the challenge of a radical spirit uprisen in full and ruthless rebellion against each and every time-hallowed usage and tradition.

From Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy by Heller, Otto