upcast
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There she is with her upcast eyes, unknowable sorrow and perfect sympathy.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2024
The practice then was to employ a furnace, placed at the bottom of the upcast shaft of the coal-pit, to produce the necessary ventilation.
From James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography by Samuel Smiles
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
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
"Then let us send a message to Mr. Winton," she suggested, playing the part of the capricious ingenue to the very upcast of a pair of mischievous eyes.
From A Fool for Love by Francis Lynde
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
