uprisen

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

You have uprisen from the ashes of the past like the Phoenix of old.

From Raemaekers' Cartoons With Accompanying Notes by Well-known English Writers by Raemaekers, Louis

Behold this forest of uprisen spears,   Symbol of might!

From Nero by Phillips, Stephen