Uprising is an English word with synonyms like rebellion or insurrection. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Uprising meaning
A popular revolt that attempts to overthrow a government or its policies; an insurgency or insurrection.
Using Uprising
- The main meaning on this page is: A popular revolt that attempts to overthrow a government or its policies; an insurgency or insurrection.
- Useful related words include: rebellion, insurrection, revolt, rising.
- In the example corpus, uprising often appears in combinations such as: the uprising, uprising against, uprising in.
Context around Uprising
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 6 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Uprising
- In this selection, "uprising" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, third, potential, sudanese, didn and occurred stand out and add context to how "uprising" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1959 tibetan uprising and 2019 sudanese uprising. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "uprising" sits close to words such as circulating, displaying and eclipse, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with uprising
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Celebrates the uprising against the Rakatan invaders. (7 words)
Also, the uprising of places like Georgia and Chechnya. (9 words)
Second uprising The second uprising occurred in the Spring of 1892. (11 words)
As they move to identify the masterminds and financiers of the violent uprising that invited many parallels with the January 6, 2021 storming of the US Capitol, Brazilian authorities on Friday also tightened the screws on a former Bolsonaro minister. (40 words)
By contrast, Jewish students currently are walking past protests, often involving faculty members, to attend classes and take exams in courses taught by those same professors who were just chanting for intifada, or the Palestinian uprising. (36 words)
Down at the Desruisseaux Playing Field, in the first of a double header, Desruisseaux United comes up against Black Eagles at 6.00 pm to be followed by Uprising against Shambala Shiloh at 8.00 pm. (36 words)
Does he consider a potential uprising in Eritrea, similar to the 2019 Sudanese uprising? (14 words)
Example sentences (20)
Does he consider a potential uprising in Eritrea, similar to the 2019 Sudanese uprising?
After the uprising in January 2018, Khamenei spoke of the triangle that commanded the uprising.
In our case, violent riots and uprising didn’t help at all (1959 Tibetan Uprising).
Notable among these are the November Uprising of 1830 and January Uprising of 1863, both of which were attempts to free Poland from the rule of tsarist Russia.
S. A. Mousavi Third uprising The third uprising of Hazara was in response to the harsh repression; the Hazara revolted again by early 1893.
Second uprising The second uprising occurred in the Spring of 1892.
About 8,000 Wagner troops are said to be stationed at camps in Belarus, having followed Prigozhin there after his failed uprising in June.
Ahmed Douma was one of the best-known faces of Egypt’s 2011 uprising.
Also, the uprising of places like Georgia and Chechnya.
Artifact Uprising’s gorgeous baby book will help the mom on your mind document sweet moments from that first whirlwind year.
Assad could also be suspicious of many of the returning refugees, especially those who may have been part of the uprising or opposition or their family members.
As they move to identify the masterminds and financiers of the violent uprising that invited many parallels with the January 6, 2021 storming of the US Capitol, Brazilian authorities on Friday also tightened the screws on a former Bolsonaro minister.
Belarus's dictator Alexander Lukashenko has claimed that he talked Vladimir Putin out of executing Wagner mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin for his uprising against the Kremlin.
Bolsonaro testified Wednesday for two hours before the Federal Police and denied any responsibility in the uprising.
But last month, a roll of film taken by a Warsaw firefighter during the uprising was discovered by his son.
But the short-lived uprising against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government nonetheless highlights concerns in Washington about the safety and security of Russia’s nuclear weapons.
But they largely dismissed the possibility of a new nationwide anti-government uprising like the one that erupted in 2011, prompting a bloody crackdown that threw the country into civil war.
By contrast, Jewish students currently are walking past protests, often involving faculty members, to attend classes and take exams in courses taught by those same professors who were just chanting for intifada, or the Palestinian uprising.
Celebrates the uprising against the Rakatan invaders.
Down at the Desruisseaux Playing Field, in the first of a double header, Desruisseaux United comes up against Black Eagles at 6.00 pm to be followed by Uprising against Shambala Shiloh at 8.00 pm.
Common combinations with uprising
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the uprising 50×
- uprising against 20×
- uprising in 16×
- uprising that 15×
- uprising of 14×
- uprising was 9×
- an uprising 9×
- nato-backed uprising 7×
- uprising the 6×
- popular uprising 6×