uprear
Example Sentences
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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)
You who did with anguish bear me, For the Church you did uprear me: Let your blessing with me dwell.
From Black Forest Village Stories by Auerbach, Berthold
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, where my palace stood, with the same stone I will uprear a shady hermitage; And there my spirit shall keep house alone, Accomplishing its age.
From Old Familiar Faces by Watts-Dunton, Theodore
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
