uprooting

Example Sentences

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More than a million people displaced from the south face an "uprooting... with terrible repercussions," she said.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Remaining in an existing home has powerful appeal compared with uprooting one’s life and relocating to somewhere new and unfamiliar.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

Farther up Main Street, planter boxes are falling apart, with tree roots snaking down the wall, uprooting concrete and auditioning for roles in a sequel to “Invasion of the Body Snatchers.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

So that's what they did, uprooting their lives to a log cabin in the Tennessean woods.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025

She would count uprooting her family as disruptive.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack