uptorn
Americanverb
Example Sentences
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He said he crawled back into the cave and sat with his back against the uptorn roots, and thought.
From Literature
Besides the rains and the earthquakes, the tornadoes are still more dreadful visitants, when the air in a moment grows full of shivered branches, shattered roofs, and uptorn canes.
From Project Gutenberg
Gradually, as lapping waters undermined rocks and rugged banks, already loosened by frost and melting snows, along many a swollen mountain stream the surging torrent bore down their tributary reeds and shrubs and earth, along with riven boughs and uptorn trees, that beat like battering-rams against the good stone piers, holding their trust so sturdily.
From Project Gutenberg
I know thee not, Thee nor thy gods, yet would I soothly swear I was not all to blame for what has been, The long fight, the swift death, the woes, the tears The brave lives spent, the humble homes uptorn To gain one poor fair face.
From Project Gutenberg
Long may it stand, Though realms be rent, states shattered, thrones uptorn!
From Project Gutenberg
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