upraise

Example Sentences

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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

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

Mrs. Fane looked with her kind round eyes into the worn face that tried to upraise itself to greet her.

From Old Kensington by Thackeray, Miss

It will upraise the standard of the oneness of humanity.

From Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era by Esslemont, J. E. (John Ebenezer)

Reader, your soul upraise to see, In yon fair cut designed by me, The pauper by the highwayside Vainly soliciting from pride.

From Robert Louis Stevenson: a record, an estimate, and a memorial by Japp, Alexander H. (Alexander Hay)