uprooting

Example Sentences

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Her neighbour, 71-year-old Kusum Mishra, who arrived 50 years ago, also dismissed the "petty compensation" offered, complaining that "they are uprooting us and destroying our lives."

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

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

Look, the Brits needed to give Manchester some love after uprooting the show and moving north.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

The fires burned thousands of structures across Los Angeles, displacing families and uprooting businesses.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

In Jagu’s and Rajesh’s case, my grandmother believed, the upheaval and uprooting from East Bengal to Calcutta had unmoored their minds, although in spectacularly opposite ways.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee