upspring

Example Sentences

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Thou darest not say I love, and yet thou lovest, And think'st to crush the mighty yearning down, That in thy spirit shall upspring forever!

From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 3 September 1848 by Various

Behold I touch his heart, and there upspring Blooms to his cheeks, and flashes to his eyes; His scornful lips upon the instant sing, And all his pulses leap with ecstasies.

From The New Penelope and Other Stories and Poems by Victor, Frances Fuller

The King doth wake to-night, and takes his rouse, Keeps wassail, and the swaggering upspring reels.

From Shakespeare and Music by Wilson, Christopher

"Jenny's," cried Millie with a sudden upspring of hope.

From The Summons by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

There was the banded hair over the eyes, the slightly drooping mouth, the peculiar upspring of the eyebrow arch—the Queen of Spades in person, as Indiman had said.

From The Gates of Chance by Sutphen, Van Tassel