upraise

Example Sentences

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My tunnel went into the hill on a slight upraise, and I could do the work alone.

From The Spirit of Sweetwater by Garland, Hamlin

Hast often seen, how in such fearful times, She would upraise her speaking eyes to heaven, And stand in silence, while her countenance Reflected beams she thence appeared to catch; Such was her bearing then.

From Joan of Arc A Play in Five Acts by Sargant, Jane Alice

Naturally I have let it fall to upraise you, and now I have leave it there.”

From A Woman's Will by Caliga, I. H. (Isaac Henry)

Also, ye of the bow and the buskin, praised be your peer, Now, henceforth and forever,—O latest to whom I upraise Hand and heart and voice!

From Browning and the Dramatic Monologue by Curry, S. S. (Samuel Silas)

When a height of nine thousand feet had been reached the rugged upraise opened out into a nearly level plateau.

From Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania by Gilson, Jewett Castello