upheave

Example Sentences

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Each body of water has its own currents, but when the hurricane is abroad they mysteriously intermingle, and from the ocean to the remotest mountain lake the same tremor will upheave them all.

From Life of St. Francis of Assisi by Houghton, Louise Seymour

To my unspeakable and heartfelt relief we were now on the upheave of the curling combers, and those horrible fins were still behind.

From A Veldt Vendetta by Mitford, Bertram

Brown rocks, left bare by the receding tide, upheave their slippery backs, heavily festooned with seaweed, and the broad level sands lie wet and glistening in the sun.

From Dorrien of Cranston by Mitford, Bertram

Father, we confess, And were our arms unbound, we would upheave Our sinful hands with sorrowing hearts to heaven.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by Hazlitt, William Carew

The frozen crust was seen to upheave: and, the next moment, the head of the fox, and afterwards his whole body, appeared above the surface.

From Popular Adventure Tales by Reid, Mayne