Sentence example with the word 'upraising'

upraising

Last update: July 27, 2015


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At that preluding moment, ere the boat was yet snapped, Ahab, the first to perceive the whale's intent, by the crafty upraising of his head, a movement that loosed his hold for the time; at that moment his hand had made one final effort to push the boat out of the bite.   [Please select]

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Sometimes Sara Lee reminded him of her--the upraising of her eyes or an unstudied gesture.   [Please select]

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They were ever upraising the ghost of shame on the stick of their curiosity.   [Please select]

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Over these hung a soft, bluish haze, making them appear vast in extent, and upraising the dark ridge of the fir forest, which crowns them, to mountain height against the western sky.   [Please select]

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