upheave

Example Sentences

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A queen in heaven while yet so young, Too high thou dost thyself upheave.

From The Pearl by Jewett, Sophie

The frozen crust was seen to upheave: and, the next moment, the head of the fox, and afterwards his whole body, appeared above the surface.

From Popular Adventure Tales by Reid, Mayne

The earth does not upheave itself from beneath the sea and add new land to that already above water in response to our need for it.

From The National Being Some Thoughts on an Irish Polity by Russell, George William

In the realm of shades, on a throne of gold, By the side of her royal spouse, behold Fair Proserpine, With gloomy mien, While deep sighs upheave her bosom.

From Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine by Heine, Heinrich

There was a quick gliding movement, an upheave and a bump—and then—crash came one of the mighty rollers as before.

From A Veldt Vendetta by Mitford, Bertram