upraise

Example Sentences

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He struck the root of the tree with his tunnel and made an upraise to the inside of the trunk.

From Bears I Have Met—and Others by Kelly, Allen

Having arranged her bouquet of all such tender plants as do now "upraise their loaded stems," she walks toward the library window, and, finding it open, steps in.

From Airy Fairy Lilian by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)

It will cement together the Orient and Occident, remove forever the foundations of war and upraise the ensign of the “Most Great Peace”.

From Foundations of World Unity by `Abdu'l-Bahá

My voice I will upraise To thank the world for every bird that sings.

From Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems by Mackay, Eric

I have spent fifty years of my life trying to upraise my class.

From From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography by George Edwards M.P. O.B.E.