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- noun Plural form of
upturning .
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Examples
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Here and there, not far from the mansion, fresh, raw upturnings of red Virginia earth further marred what had once been a smooth and lovely expanse.
The Guns Of The South Turtledove, Harry 1960
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But is it fair to presume that the immense servile population should thus see upturnings and revolutions, dynasties rising and falling before their eyes, and ever remain quiet and contented?
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 Various
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The brightest stars in the poetical firmament, with very few exceptions, have risen and set since then; the greatest revolutions in empire and in opinion have taken place; but she lived on as if no echo of the upturnings and overthrows which filled the world reached the quiet of her home; the freshness of her inspirations untarnished; writing from the fulness of a true heart of themes belonging equally to all the ages.
The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 Various
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The times have brought about some strange upturnings.
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So austere and holy was his expression, so solemn his demeanour, and so frequent the upturnings of his eyes, clasping of his hands, and other signs which marked the extreme sectary, that
Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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Eds. 'Doubtless we owe to this jealous care of the magistrates, in the anxieties and upturnings of their revolutionary epoch, to do what in homely phrase is
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None but the rich, etc., "with sundry upturnings of the chin.
The Girls at Mount Morris Amanda Minnie Douglas 1873
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