uprisen

Example Sentences

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The whole town had uprisen as one man and demanded a dress-suit.

From The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns by Bennett, Arnold

For here was instantly recognized the challenge of a radical spirit uprisen in full and ruthless rebellion against each and every time-hallowed usage and tradition.

From Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy by Heller, Otto

Behold this forest of uprisen spears,   Symbol of might!

From Nero by Phillips, Stephen

Now they have uprisen, and, asseverating that classical education is a pricked bubble, ask boldly for expensive apparatus and a larger tract of space in the time-table.

From The Lighter Side of School Life by Hay, Ian

Then all at once, the whole dream-world vanishes, like uprisen ghosts at the crowing of the cock.

From Memories A Story of German Love by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)