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sweep upward
verb as in rise
Example Sentences
On the way back down, the tail sections of the rocket-powered ship are supposed to sweep upward to slow it for the return to earth.
On the way back down, the tail sections of the rocket-powered ship are supposed to sweep upward to slow it for the return to earth.
Rhapsodic swaths of wind and brass sweep upward in inverted cascades, and the clang of raw, unturned percussion represents the noisy soundscape of a building site.
The hills sweep upward from the shore,25 With villas scattered one by one Upon their wooded spurs, and lower Bellagio blazing in the sun.
No prettier, quieter, lovelier lake than Kenoza exists,—a pure and spotless mirror, reflecting in its cool, translucent depths the rosy clouds of morning and of evening, the silver-azure tent of day, the gliding boat, the green meadow-grasses, and the massy foliage of the terraced pines and cedars that sweep upward from its waters in stately pomp, rank over rank, to meet the sky.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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