upcast
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There she is with her upcast eyes, unknowable sorrow and perfect sympathy.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2024
Then she knelt her down and prayed; With her eyes upcast to heaven, down she sank upon the ground, And she prayed to God to tell her where the roses might be found.
From Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two by Various
This is effectually done by two shafts, called respectively the downcast and the upcast shaft.
From The Story of a Piece of Coal What It Is, Whence It Comes, and Whither It Goes by Edward A. Martin
The ventilation circuit between the downcast and upcast shafts must be already in some sort re-established.
From Sir George Tressady — Volume II by Mrs. Humphry Ward
As if by magic the solemn, quiet calm of the polar night was broken by a series of tornado-like gusts, and soon the responsive ice-field quivered as though upcast by a marine earthquake.
From True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World by Adolphus W. Greely
She said it with infinite sadness in her voice and an upcasting of eyes that were swimming.
From The Quickening by E. M. Ashe
The roguish upcasting of starry eyes, and the deprecating little manner, tied my tongue for the instant.
From The Love Story of Abner Stone by Edwin Carlile Litsey
