upheave

Example Sentences

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I never did, and many years went by; Then, near a Southern port, one Christmas Eve, I watched a gale go roaring through the sky, Making the cauldrons of the clouds upheave.

From Georgian Poetry 1913-15 by Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir

Others will upheave the blacksmith's hammer, or drive the plane over the carpenter's bench, or take the lapstone and the awl, and learn the trade of shoe-making.

From True Stories of History and Biography by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Three days they ride that country, and many a city leave, But the fourth dawn mighty mountains by the inner sea upheave.

From The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs by Morris, William

Every day of my life I will upheave my soul from its inmost fastenings, and not suffer a blur to settle upon it.

From Black Forest Village Stories by Auerbach, Berthold

A moment passed, the upheave of the shoulders became more pronounced, he rose swiftly and walked to Cassandra’s side.

From Lady Cassandra by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.