uprisen
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He had heard the remarkable speech of his friend, Mr. Gladstone, in the Oxford Union, against the Reform Bill, and had written home regarding him, that "a man had uprisen in Israel."
From The Grand Old Man by Richard B. (Richard Briscoe) Cook
The truth, the truth respecting Lou Chada and herself, had uprisen starkly before her.
From Tales of Chinatown by Sax Rohmer
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 Otto Heller
When he wrote it was a sentence of singular construction, truly indicative of how vague awe and dread had uprisen to take large standing beside simple humane solicitude.
From The Unknown Sea by Clemence Housman
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 Sax Rohmer
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