upstretched
stretched upward, as the arms.
Origin of upstretched
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How to use upstretched in a sentence
At last the upstretched feelers were whipping back and forth almost too swiftly for the eye to follow.
Astounding Stories, April, 1931 | VariousThe kiss deepened between them; his head bent, hers upstretched.
Beggars on Horseback | F. Tennyson JesseThe ball bounded away from an upstretched hand and Carmine fell on it at the twenty-two yards.
Left Tackle Thayer | Ralph Henry BarbourThe sandbag whistled as it cut down between the upstretched arms, and the watchman dropped as if hit by lightning.
Desert Conquest | A. M. ChisholmWith one hand he reached down and took hers, eagerly upstretched, drawing her to the rock on which he stood.
Nedra | George Barr McCutcheon
British Dictionary definitions for upstretched
/ (ʌpˈstrɛtʃt) /
(esp of the arms) stretched or raised up
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