upheave

Example Sentences

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You will find the smaller communities living along in unison with the seasons, having neither extreme poverty nor wealth—none of the violent plagues of upheave and unrest which afflict our great populations.

From My Life and Work by Ford, Henry

All her life she had been servile—servile with the sudden rare tremendous insurrections that upheave certain natures brought up in servility, swift tempests more devastating than the steady fighting of systematic rebels.

From The Pastor's Wife by Arnim, Elizabeth von

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

"Yes; they'll have the all-firedest upheave there, before long, that ever tore a hole in the bottom of the sea."

From Phemie Frost's Experiences by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)

There was a quick gliding movement, an upheave and a bump—and then—crash came one of the mighty rollers as before.

From A Veldt Vendetta by Mitford, Bertram