uprooted

Example Sentences

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At least three former colleagues of mine have uprooted their families, changed jobs and moved overseas within the last few years.

From Salon • May 31, 2026

Campaigning for a second term, Mr. Trump became fully uprooted.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

Yet few buyers are willing to invest in a place that may be completely uprooted.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

Unlike Mann, Mr. Buruma writes, Furtwängler “could not imagine being uprooted from the German soil.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Then the withered tree was uprooted, but with reverence; and they did not burn it, but laid it to rest in the silence of Rath Dínen.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien