Citations:upflung

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English citations of upflung

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  • 1881 Dante Gabriel Rosetti, Tiber, Nile and Thames, lines 5-7
    Fluvia, Mark Antony's shameless wife, with show
    Of foot firm-poised and gleaming arm upflung,
    Bade her sharp needle pierce that god-like tongue
  • 1912 — Jack London, Smoke Below, Chapter IV
    The whole body of water, rushing crookedly into the narrow passage, accelerated its speed frightfully, and was upflung unto huge waves, white and wrathful.