Wondering how to use Upraised in a sentence? Below are 4 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as lifted or raised.
Upraised meaning
Lifted, raised, held high.
Using Upraised
- The main meaning on this page is: Lifted, raised, held high.
- Useful related words include: lifted, raised.
Context around Upraised
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Upraised
- In this selection, "upraised" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, hands, arms, hand and hands stand out and add context to how "upraised" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include against his upraised hand and arms and upraised hands are. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "upraised" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with upraised
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In this image, Mary's upraise arms and upraised hands are indicative of her prophetic role. (16 words)
He took away one of the canes, so he was dangling by one arm, and carefully placed his head against his upraised hand. (23 words)
On a fifth-century amphora in the Ashmolean Museum (her fig.71) the half-figure of Pandora emerges from the ground, her arms upraised in the epiphany gesture, to greet Epimetheus. (31 words)
Captain Hayward, an intelligence officer with British I Corps, referred to “four or five wonderful beings,” robed in white, who faced the German lines in brilliant sunlight with hands upraised to halt the advancing enemy. (35 words)
On a fifth-century amphora in the Ashmolean Museum (her fig.71) the half-figure of Pandora emerges from the ground, her arms upraised in the epiphany gesture, to greet Epimetheus. (31 words)
He took away one of the canes, so he was dangling by one arm, and carefully placed his head against his upraised hand. (23 words)
Example sentences (4)
Captain Hayward, an intelligence officer with British I Corps, referred to “four or five wonderful beings,” robed in white, who faced the German lines in brilliant sunlight with hands upraised to halt the advancing enemy.
He took away one of the canes, so he was dangling by one arm, and carefully placed his head against his upraised hand.
In this image, Mary's upraise arms and upraised hands are indicative of her prophetic role.
On a fifth-century amphora in the Ashmolean Museum (her fig.71) the half-figure of Pandora emerges from the ground, her arms upraised in the epiphany gesture, to greet Epimetheus.