flung

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See how he gives us the Great Palm House of the Botanic Gardens with its walkways “high above our heads, among the upflung fronds, narrow, perforated metal platforms that must surely lead to diving boards.”

From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2018

As the sleeves drooped down from the upflung arms I saw the left plainly, but the right ended in a knobby and unsightly stump.

From The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

True, Gladys had called to him and signalled him, white arm upflung.

From The Younger Set by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

Nor was there any suspense of long waiting before events broke into racing stride, as a field of horses breaks from the upflung barrier.

From The Tempering by Buck, Charles Neville

Worthier adventurers would have improved the shining hour with debate as to the origin of this upflung heap of Nature's masonry.

From A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions by Bartimeus