uprooting

Example Sentences

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Remaining in an existing home has powerful appeal compared with uprooting one’s life and relocating to somewhere new and unfamiliar.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

How Maria handles her imminent uprooting is at the core of Moroccan filmmaker Maryam Touzani’s third feature, her follow-up to the similarly sensitive family drama “The Blue Caftan.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

The social and economic costs of uprooting are bigger than the tax savings.

From Salon • Dec. 5, 2025

So that's what they did, uprooting their lives to a log cabin in the Tennessean woods.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025

So they were stuck without much of an option aside from Wanda quitting the job she’d had for over a decade and uprooting themselves from the neighborhood where they’d built up a network.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro