roar up
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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Flames roar up the sides of pans, pots clatter like artillery, slabs of beef are dragged and hoisted like casualties.
From New York Times • Dec. 26, 2022
It might even roar up alongside and snatch your salmon as you are about to net it—a close encounter with nature that provides its own special thrill.
From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 9, 2018
Open record by firing six consecutive birdies on Thursday to roar up the leaderboard and into contention for a first major.
From Reuters • Jun. 15, 2017
F1 cars, 1,000-horsepower motorcycles, priceless classics, and the newest supercars roar up the hill over the weekend, and the course slices through the festival like an uphill river of combustion.
From The Verge • Aug. 28, 2016
In spite of his ruthlessness, he felt a pang of grief as he watched the maiden placed on the funeral pyre and the wild flames roar up.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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