uprooting
- present participle of uproot.
Example Sentences
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It’s hard to predict if uprooting yourself will bring more pros and fewer cons.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026
More than a million people displaced from the south face an "uprooting... with terrible repercussions," she said.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
Because it means moving us around, uprooting our family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2026
The social and economic costs of uprooting are bigger than the tax savings.
From Salon ● Dec. 5, 2025
His head was leaned down over their picket fence and he was chawing on bunches of flowers, uprooting most of Mrs. Highgate’s black-eye Susies.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
