uprise

Example Sentences

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“Then another horrible incident occurs and the faculty uprise in such a quick manner, like a wildfire,” Tierney said.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2018

It is a shameful aspect of the human kind that the nations who uprise against one dictator always choose another one in its place.

From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2018

"Versace's team knows how to do the look," says Kal Ruttenstein, the fashion director at Bloomingdale's, pointing out that sales of Versace merchandise at his company's stores have been "all on the uprise."

From Time Magazine Archive

An' whin de king uprise, all de congergation crowd round li'l' black Mose, an' dey am about leben millium an' a few lift over.

From Humorous Ghost Stories by Scarborough, Dorothy

The uprise of an idea, perception of a principle, makes many one and inseparable.

From Tablets by Alcott, Amos Bronson