uprose
Americanverb
Example Sentences
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Half vexed, half amused was old Dr. Warriner when the Law and LeTourneau's family promptly uprose to challenge his bold confession.
From Time Magazine Archive
The miners clapped, and then uprose to howl approval as they got the point�that with C.I.O.'s voting strength John Lewis stood to win either way.
From Time Magazine Archive
Red-faced with shame and anger, he uprose, turned a bitter blast on his opposite number, British Minister of Information Brendan Bracken.
From Time Magazine Archive
Premier Bouisson, flushed with success, uprose to lecture the Chamber in schoolmasterly fashion, telling them to wind up their affairs and go home in a week.
From Time Magazine Archive
Paved with river cobbles and crooked as a dog’s hind leg, a street fell steeply down into the barranca from whose black depths uprose the low roar of rushing waters.
From The Mystery of The Barranca by Whitaker, Herman
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