uprisen

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It turned out that the Cossacks and the uprisen people were not a match for the Poles, and it was not in the interest of the Tartars to give the Cossacks the fruits of victory.

From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

It is scarcely a country at all—only a scrap of coral reef uprisen at the foot of Mexico—Yucatan.

From The Romance of the Reaper by Casson, Herbert Newton

He longed for the arrival of his father—for the strong, calm counsel of the one man in England fitted to cope with the Hell Thing which had uprisen in their midst.

From Brood of the Witch-Queen by Rohmer, Sax

You have uprisen from the ashes of the past like the Phoenix of old.

From Raemaekers' Cartoons With Accompanying Notes by Well-known English Writers by Raemaekers, Louis

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