uprose

[ uhp-rohz ]

verb

1. simple past tense of uprise.

Example Sentences

And then I tugged with all my might; and the stone slab uprose like a derrick on a ship, attained a vertical position, and there remained stationary and upright.

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Whereupon uprose Timothy Tracy, a long lank boy with yellowish hair and dull lack-lustre eyes, out of a niche in the wall and unfolded a number of "The Wild Boys of New York."

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The words were said, and there uprose A low and stifled moan— Then all was still—The spirit of That stricken one had flown!

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It was not long before the disorders of his government led some of the colonies in America to declare their independence, and finally Spain too uprose.

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As it crawled forth, dripping, with its head hanging low between its fore-legs, the great snout of a crocodile uprose from out of the water, and the huge jaws snapped together.

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