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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of upwell.

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Examples

  • As if Paul's words had been a spell of magic, discouragement and weariness passed from her spirit, and hope upwelled in her heart like a dancing fountain.

    Anne of Avonlea 1909

  • As if Paul's words had been a spell of magic, discouragement and weariness passed from her spirit, and hope upwelled in her heart like a dancing fountain.

    Anne of Avonlea 1908

  • As the ocean's deeper waters contain more nitrogen and phosphorous, more marine life lives in the upwelled water.

    Newswise: Latest News 2010

  • As the ocean's deeper waters contain more nitrogen and phosphorous, more marine life lives in the upwelled water.

    Newswise: Latest News 2010

  • As the ocean's deeper waters contain more nitrogen and phosphorous, more marine life lives in the upwelled water.

    Newswise: Latest News 2010

  • As the ocean's deeper waters contain more nitrogen and phosphorous, more marine life lives in the upwelled water.

    Newswise: Latest News 2010

  • As the ocean's deeper waters contain more nitrogen and phosphorous, more marine life lives in the upwelled water.

    Newswise: Latest News 2010

  • Other continental shelf regions may also be impacted where anthropogenic CO2-enriched water is being upwelled onto the shelf.

    Climate Progress Joe 2010

  • As the ocean's deeper waters contain more nitrogen and phosphorous, more marine life lives in the upwelled water.

    Newswise: Latest News 2010

  • Yes, you can say that the excess heat has been moved into deeper waters and cooler waters from below have upwelled causing the current cool anomoly.

    RealClimate 2009

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