uprear
Example Sentences
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Five towns their anvils for the war uprear, Crustumium, Tibur, glorying in her might, 748 Ardea, Atina strong, Antemnæ's tower-girt height.
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
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
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)
Beyond the lake, rising in mid-air like a great gray wall, are the sheer precipices of Monument Mountain, and in the hazy distance the loftier Taconics uprear their grand Dome in the illimitable blue.
From Literary Shrines The Haunts of Some Famous American Authors by Wolfe, Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen)
