upflung

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“
and springing up out of the chair I saw him tower above me, clenched hands upflung, his comely features distorted and horribly suffused; then he lurched to the window and leaned, choking, from the lattice.

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  • There was a last glimpse of Khemsa, with arms wildly upflung, and then he vanished amidst the roar of the avalanche that thundered down into the abyss. —  Conan -- The Stories from Weird Tales (1932-1936)
  • With an upflung arm he stemmed the tide. —  Going Some
  • Very slowly she rolled over, and came the noise of many waters cascading down over her upflung keel. —  The Cruise of the Dry Dock
  • Ah no! for every sound upflung —  Ballads of a Bohemian
  • Suddenly a raised dagger gleamed in the upflung hand of the black. —  Warlord of Mars
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