upcast

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There she is with her upcast eyes, unknowable sorrow and perfect sympathy.

From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2024

Round about the bed shafts of the mine, the downcast and the upcast, a little space was held voluntarily clear and half a dozen men in coaly flannels were standing there.

From Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile by Murray, David Christie

I stand dumb with admiration," professed Anthony, his upcast hand speaking volumes, "before your powers of memory.

From The Lady Paramount by Harland, Henry

The ventilation circuit between the downcast and upcast shafts must be already in some sort re-established.

From Sir George Tressady — Volume II by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

Suddenly the child stretched out his hands to him, and with upcast, beseeching face, and eyes that seemed to be seeing far off, came close to his knee.

From Weighed and Wanting by MacDonald, George