Sentence examples for uprising toward from inspiring English sources

This was the kingdom of skyscrapers, those "high growths of iron, slender, strong, light, splendidly uprising toward clear skies," as Walt Whitman foretold in "Mannahatta" in 1881 (when the tallest buildings were 10 stories).

MORE than 100 years ago, Walt Whitman wrote with admiration of Manhattan's "tall and wonderful spires," its "high growths of iron, slender, strong, light, splendidly uprising toward clear skies".

In this way, from Wallace and Nixon to Palin and Trump, the energies of anxious whites have been diverted from class uprising toward racial division.

Armenia's popular uprising inched toward a resolution last week as protest leader Nikol Pashinyan won a second round of elections to officially become the country's new prime minister.

In her approach toward the uprising, Mrs. Aquino displayed a growing toughness toward opponents that was noted today by Secretary of State George P. Shultz.

King Birendra remained a traditional king until 1990, when a democratic uprising forced the change toward a constitutional monarchy.

The national team's reputation was badly tarnished by players and coaches' apathetic — and sometimes downright hostile — stance toward the uprising.

Fueled by popular anger, the help of breakaway leaders of the armed forces and some of their troops, and weapons from looted military stockpiles or smuggled across the border, the uprising here has escalated toward more violence in the face of increasingly brutal government crackdowns.

Lord knows we don't need another android joining the ranks of the automatons slowly marching toward an uprising.

They will not extend mercy to any communities in Syria that continue to assume a neutral stance toward the uprising.

The uprising exposed the intense hatred toward Chinese rule in Tibetan areas.