uprose
Americanverb
Example Sentences
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Rapt and gleaming-eyed in Cleveland's vast Public Hall sat the delegates when their beloved leader uprose on opening day to sound his keynote.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then an exasperated Congress uprose; henceforth thanks would be given on the fourth Thursday of each November.
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
By-and-by a yellow glare shone above the shoulder of the adjacent hill, and a great round moon uprose and sailed up the firmament as clear and bright as a pearl.
From The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn by Stables, Gordon
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