How to Use uprising in a Sentence

uprising

noun
  • The government quickly put down the uprising.
  • There have been no signs yet of any such uprising.
    — Arkansas Online, 2 Mar. 2026
  • His goal was to start a slave uprising, but few slaves joined the fight.
    — Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
  • In the film, Ernest must save his town from a troll uprising.
    — Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 20 Oct. 2023
  • But the uprising is very much on the minds of the people who live here.
    — ABC News, 15 Oct. 2023
  • There have been no public signs of any such uprising.
    — Sam Mednick, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2026
  • The spark for the uprising was the market.
    — Ali Vaez, Time, 15 Jan. 2026
  • There have been no public signs of any such uprising and no end in sight to the war.
    — Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • There have been no public signs of any such uprising and no end to the war in sight.
    — ABC News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Ireland might seem to be an odd place for a populist uprising.
    — Henry Olsen, National Review, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Dahomey obliquely plants the seed for such an uprising in the years to come.
    — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Chickie’s not the only king who falls to an uprising in this episode.
    — Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2024
  • There was no true regime change in Iran and no uprising of its people.
    — Donald Heflin, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Could a major uprising be next?
    — Jennifer Gonnerman, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
  • This uprising was not about reform.
    — Kazem Kazerounian, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2026
  • But no one was expecting to start an uprising.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Without hope, there is no uprising.
    — Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 8 Mar. 2026
  • But an uprising seems unlikely, at least for now.
    — Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
  • In the past, a popular uprising or a coup could bring tyranny to an end.
    — Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2026
  • This uprising is a return to something even worse than the status quo.
    — Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 6 Jan. 2021
  • When did the-- when did the uprisings, when did the revolt in the street happen in Iran?
    — CBS News, 10 May 2026
  • Khamenei must know that threats, bluster, and repression cannot stop the uprising.
    — Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 3 Jan. 2026
  • All of that indicates that the uprising in Iran has a global side to it.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Trump’s acts of war did not trigger a popular uprising.
    — Nick Akerman, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • That is, until the uprising at the end of season one after the hosts become self-aware.
    — Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 July 2022
  • For now, though, an uprising seems unlikely.
    — Robin Wright, New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Weeks after the uprising in Iran turned violent, no one has been able to count the dead.
    — Nahid Siamdoust, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026
  • He was jailed multiple times for demonstrating against the regime since the start of the uprising.
    — Claire Harbage, NPR, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Early in the uprising, Masri's home in Homs was known a safe haven.
    — Jawad Rizkallah, NPR, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Longbow aims to succeed, and start its own uprising against weight, bloat, and inertia.
    — Richard Aucock, Robb Report, 15 Jan. 2026

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