upcast

Example Sentences

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There she is with her upcast eyes, unknowable sorrow and perfect sympathy.

From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2024

As if by magic the solemn, quiet calm of the polar night was broken by a series of tornado-like gusts, and soon the responsive ice-field quivered as though upcast by a marine earthquake.

From True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World by Greely, Adolphus W.

Under what circumstances should we term a fault a downthrow? and when should we term it an upcast?

From Geology by Geikie, James

Another was to exhaust the upcast, and so draw the gases in the train of the exhausted air.

From The Story of a Piece of Coal What It Is, Whence It Comes, and Whither It Goes by Martin, Edward A.

The fire should be kept as thin and bright as possible, to reduce the amount of smoke in the upcast.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various