uprear
Example Sentences
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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)
She was the first American woman to uprear the banner of her sex in the matter of independence; she may be said to have been the prototype of all the succeeding upholders of "women's rights."
From Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10) by Larus, John Rouse
But to uprear the stones of that great circle would be beyond all our art, and much more would it be impossible to-day, to transport them from their distant quarries across the rugged mountains.
From The Lost Continent by Hyne, Charles John Cutcliffe Wright
Yet might she love me to uprear her state: I, but perhaps she loves some nobler mate.
From John Lyly by Wilson, John Dover
