uprose
Americanverb
Example Sentences
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Thus last week Lord Rothermere uprose to speak for Lord Mottistone's motion to appoint a Cabinet Minister to co-ordinate British defenses against attack.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week fell the 100th anniversary of Old Joe's birth, and the two sons, born to two mothers who were cousins, uprose to remind England of their heritage.
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
Lawyer Johnston uprose to argue what was expected to be a decisive test of TVA's constitutionality.
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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