upheave

Example Sentences

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Brown rocks, left bare by the receding tide, upheave their slippery backs, heavily festooned with seaweed, and the broad level sands lie wet and glistening in the sun.

From Dorrien of Cranston by Mitford, Bertram

All her life she had been servile—servile with the sudden rare tremendous insurrections that upheave certain natures brought up in servility, swift tempests more devastating than the steady fighting of systematic rebels.

From The Pastor's Wife by Arnim, Elizabeth von

To my unspeakable and heartfelt relief we were now on the upheave of the curling combers, and those horrible fins were still behind.

From A Veldt Vendetta by Mitford, Bertram

These evils are sot too firm on American soil, it will take a greater power than Miss Meechim’s tracts to upheave ’em.

From Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife by Holley, Marietta

The latter was mightily amused by the adventure, and continued for a considerable time afterwards to upheave his huge shoulders with suppressed laughter.

From The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)