upheave

Example Sentences

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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

And give it only the fulcrum of Plymouth Rock an idea will upheave the continent.

From The American Union Speaker by Philbrick, John D. (John Dudley)

It is I who must find this treasure, this fulcrum to the lever which is going to upheave France.

From A Splendid Hazard by MacGrath, Harold

He loved to attack, to upheave, to overthrow.

From For the Faith by Everett-Green, Evelyn

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 The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North by Harvey, William