Sentence examples for were uprooted to from inspiring English sources

The plants that were uprooted to make way for them were stored in a nursery on the island, to be replanted.

This is not the Colts' leaving their fans bereft in Baltimore in the middle of the night for Indianapolis or the Dodgers' tearing out a million Brooklyn hearts as they were uprooted to Los Angeles.

At final harvest, the tagged plants were uprooted to determine the weight of fresh shoot.

Traffic had stopped, shops were shut and paving stones were being uprooted to build barricades.

Soon, the last remaining palm trees will have to be uprooted to make room for more graves.

Tens of thousands of olive trees have been uprooted to make way for the construction of the Israeli separation barrier, 85 percent of which lies in the West Bank.

And some tenants, who have been uprooted to tiny conference rooms in New Jersey or industrial spaces in Brooklyn, are weighing whether to come back to the neighborhood at all.

She remembers how her neighborhood was uprooted to make Route 9. Ernie Butts is known as the mayor of Middletown's North End and he remembers the trains that passed behind his and every other Bridge Street home.

But some of the Navy Yard's unglamorous current tenants -- many engaged in the gritty enterprises that help make New York run -- say they are being uprooted to make way for movie glitz.

Ardley, a former midfielder for Wimbledon FC, who left before the club was uprooted to Milton Keynes, added that the build-up to the game had taken its toll.

That kind of combination has been a staple at the corner since 1903, when a sunny lemon grove was uprooted to make way for Hollywood's first church congregation.