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uprear

[uhp-reer] / ʌpˈrɪər /




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In cloudy height surrounding me, uprear The Rocky Mountains their uncounted heads.

From The Song of the Exile—A Canadian Epic by Skeats, Wilfred S.

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 distant mountains, that uprear Their solid bastions to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels rise.

From Graded Memory Selections by Hughes, Charles C.

He seemed to shrink in stature, standing before the other man's uprear of imperious will.

From The Debtor A Novel by Stevens, William Dodge

Ay, but when our trust Totters, and faith is shattered to the base, Grand words will not uprear it.

From Reviews by Wilde, Oscar




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