uprear
Example Sentences
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Ye others round him straight the turf uprear; As for our sires was done of yore, An oblong square delve ye once more.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 01 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. by Francke, Kuno
Below that came the rapids in their first fury, with scattered cellars into which the flood swept to uprear itself in a second into pyramids of force and foam.
From The Rapids by Sullivan, Alan
The mighty arms you raise appear Like trunks which elephants uprear, And as you move this mountain-king543 Is glorious with the light you bring.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
Nor a spot More fit to stir the poet's phantasy; Grey Old Man of the Mountain, awfully There, from thy wreath of clouds thou dost uprear Those features grand,—the same eternally!
From Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems by Afton, Effie
The Whisperer, upon the ruins of the old creeds, would try to uprear a new creed—his own.
From The Orchard of Tears by Rohmer, Sax
