Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for uprear
Verb
  • Set in early-1960s New York City, the film follows a folk song singing Minnesotan with a guitar and a dream, rising from a coffeehouse performer to a counterculture legend.
    Hannah Kerns, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Gabby Provenzano rose at the near post and powered home a header from point-blank range in the 81st minute, assisted by Sabrina McNeill’s cross off a corner.
    Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But prorating three years of player profits down to 12 months, as UEFA’s rule does, reduces the immediate efficacy of successful trading in the market, the very strategy that poorer clubs increasingly rely on to climb the ladder.
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Timelines creep ever longer, and budgets climb higher.
    Michael Jerome Plunkett September 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • After a while, the women let themselves out and ascend to the surface.
    Carmen Maria Machado, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Armani’s brand famously ascended into international fame when Richard Gere wore his designs in the 1980 film, American Gigolo.
    Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That caused inflation in the transfer market and players’ valuations soared.
    Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The Gallery, spanning seven levels, is connected by a soaring atrium of floating cast medallion stairs.
    Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Uprear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uprear. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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