How to Use uproot in a Sentence

uproot

verb

• Many trees were uprooted by the storm.
• Will we ever be able to uproot racial prejudice?
• Taking the job would mean uprooting my family.
• Now came the time to uproot the last nine years of my life to move.
  — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 22 Oct. 2022
• His life had been uprooted in more ways than one in the span of a week.
  — Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 25 June 2024
• His life was uprooted, his dream crushed.
  — Jacob Louraine, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026
• Trees uprooted by strong winds blocked streets.
  — ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
• Many old trees are uprooted in her yard and behind the house.
  — Miceala Morano, Arkansas Online, 20 May 2025
• Most trees will be snapped or uprooted and power poles downed.
  — Abby Vesoulis, Time, 29 Aug. 2019
• The storm uprooted trees that landed on cars, front yards and roofs.
  — Paige Eichkorn, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2023
• Plus most people aren’t willing to uproot their lives and start brand new.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2024
• The snap showed a large tree that had been uprooted and had fallen next to a driveway.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 4 Jan. 2024
• There was roof damage at some of the players' homes and uprooted trees.
  — Hunter Atkins, Houston Chronicle, 23 Feb. 2018
• The storms uprooted trees and destroyed homes.
  — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
• Two full-grown, mature trees were uprooted.
  — Doug Myers, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
• Many old, larger trees in the yard and behind the house were uprooted by the storm.
  — Gael Langdon, Arkansas Online, 1 June 2025
• Many people don’t even know about them, can’t afford them or cannot uproot their lives to move to one.
  — Abigail Jones, Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2014
• The car, still in gear, continued across a yard and hit a tree, uprooting it.
  — Brian Lisik, cleveland, 20 Jan. 2020
• Winds were strong enough to uproot some trees, and snap others completely in half.
  — Melanie Savage, courant.com, 10 Aug. 2020
• After all, many people uproot their lives and make somewhere else their home all the time.
  — Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
• Trees were uprooted and tree branches were torn down, some of which landed on cars and roofs.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2025
• Cranes uproot young shoots of corn in the spring and eat the kernels, and also eat winter wheat seeds.
  — Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 18 Oct. 2017
• Lines from those are caught in that same fence and strewn across the open land, where more debris was left and trees uprooted.
  — James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 May 2024
• If hacked down or uprooted, even the smallest part of the plant can take root and grow again if left behind.
  — Stephanie Bailey, CNN, 9 Dec. 2019
• Helm topples trees, uproots crops, overturns feed stacks, steals loose blankets.
  — Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
• His wife died of Spanish flu while they were uprooted and living on the road.
  — John Williams, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2018
• At the time, my husband and I were uprooting our lives and moving to a new state.
  — Julia Ries, SELF, 24 Feb. 2025
• Soon after, trees were uprooted near the drive-thru and the building was flattened.
  — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 6 Mar. 2020
• Henry lived like a guest in the house, uprooted and transplanted again.
  — Emily Everett, New York Times, 2 May 2025
• When your spring annuals finish, don't uproot them.
  — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2026