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Another word for uprise

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Verb

  1. To adopt a standing posture

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    rise

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Sentence Examples

  • The Miocene lacustrine deposits are contained in a number of silted-up lakebasins, which were successively formed and obliterated during the uprise of the Alps and the continuous folding and bending of the earth's crust which was so striking a feature of the period.

  • The one string's daring notes uprise Against the storm as if they sought the skies.

  • The one string 's daring notes uprise Against the storm as if they sought the skies.

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