uprear
Example Sentences
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It is now the twelfth hour of the night, birds of darkness are on the wing, the spectres uprear, the dead walk, the living dream.
From Thomas Carlyle by Nichol, John
Ye others round him straight the turf uprear; As for our sires was done of yore, An oblong square delve ye once more.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 01 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. by Francke, Kuno
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
The Whisperer, upon the ruins of the old creeds, would try to uprear a new creed—his own.
From The Orchard of Tears by Rohmer, Sax
He seemed to shrink in stature, standing before the other man's uprear of imperious will.
From The Debtor A Novel by Stevens, William Dodge
