uprear

Example Sentences

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He hails The crews, and biddeth them the masts uprear, And stretch the sheets.

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax

Yet might she love me to uprear her state: I, but perhaps she loves some nobler mate.

From John Lyly by Wilson, John Dover

S. Nay, my mammy and our Ursel did uprear the beds.

From The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim by Grimmelshausen, Hans Jacob Christoph von

The mighty arms you raise appear Like trunks which elephants uprear, And as you move this mountain-king543 Is glorious with the light you bring.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)

In great masses they uprear their heads, peeping curiously in at the windows, trailing lovingly round the porches, nestling under the eaves, drooping coquettishly at the angles.

From Airy Fairy Lilian by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)