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 "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner
Then, what convulsions ensued; rocks were uptorn or split open, the mountains were shattered, the glaciers beaten into dust as the serpent twisted and lashed about in his agony.
From Basque Legends With an Essay on the Basque Language by Webster, Wentworth
The under-currents flowed again pure from the turbid soil, and the splintered fragments uptorn from the deep; but they were still too strong and too rapid to allow transparency to the surface.
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 by Various
Not that I liked changes, for heart vines bleed freely when uptorn, and friendship's stocks cannot be bought on margin.
From St. Cuthbert's by Knowles, Robert E.
Just as she reached him, looking at him instead of the rough ground, all rutted with uptorn roots, she slipped and almost fell.
From Captivity by Eyles, M. Leonora
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