How to Use uproot in a Sentence

uproot

verb

• Many trees were uprooted by the storm.
• Will we ever be able to uproot racial prejudice?
• Taking the job would mean uprooting my family.
• Now came the time to uproot the last nine years of my life to move.
  — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 22 Oct. 2022
• His life had been uprooted in more ways than one in the span of a week.
  — Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 25 June 2024
• The storm uprooted trees that landed on cars, front yards and roofs.
  — Paige Eichkorn, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2023
• Those that were not uprooted were stripped of their bark.
  — Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 7 Apr. 2024
• The snap showed a large tree that had been uprooted and had fallen next to a driveway.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 4 Jan. 2024
• The car, still in gear, continued across a yard and hit a tree, uprooting it.
  — Brian Lisik, cleveland, 20 Jan. 2020
• The third, which been uprooted before the fire and leaned against the building, now lay flat in front of the church between the other two.
  — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 7 July 2023
• Across the street where there is farmland and gardens, the twister uprooted huge oaks.
  — Jerome Hansen, Jack Schermerhorn, Ralph Nelson and Ken McCormick, Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2024
• Lines from those are caught in that same fence and strewn across the open land, where more debris was left and trees uprooted.
  — James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 May 2024
• If hacked down or uprooted, even the smallest part of the plant can take root and grow again if left behind.
  — Stephanie Bailey, CNN, 9 Dec. 2019
• After all, many people uproot their lives and make somewhere else their home all the time.
  — Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
• Public Works Director Dave Webb said the face lift that could uproot the trees is at least three to five years away.
  — Hillary Davis, Daily Pilot, 15 Aug. 2019
• Macchiarini convinces her to quit her job, uproot her life, and move with him to Barcelona.
  — Vulture, 21 Dec. 2023
• Soon after, trees were uprooted near the drive-thru and the building was flattened.
  — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 6 Mar. 2020
• Most trees will be snapped or uprooted and power poles downed.
  — Abby Vesoulis, Time, 29 Aug. 2019
• But the vast amount of damage was done by falling trees, including large ones that were uprooted by the force of the winds.
  — Ellen Barry, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2019
• They are forced to uproot old trees, palm fronds, and lighting poles that are no longer needed due to the power outage.
  — Zoe Magee, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2023
• This is the time of year when Alaska’s migratory birds uproot and move to warmer places.
  — Emily Mesner, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Oct. 2022
• Winds were strong enough to uproot some trees, and snap others completely in half.
  — Melanie Savage, courant.com, 10 Aug. 2020
• Most of those still in the villages are the elderly, who may have no place to go or no desire to uproot from lifelong homes.
  — Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 28 June 2022
• The first image shows the singer standing in the woods next to a gigantic tree that had been totally uprooted in the storm.
  — Tierney McAfee, Country Living, 7 May 2020
• Its pointed tip is able to uproot unwanted plants in tight spots.
  — Andrea Wurzburger, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2023
• Migrants, to build fires, have uprooted trees and other brush.
  — Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023
• Goldfish root around on the bottom of lakes and ponds looking for food, which stirs up sediment and can uproot plants.
  — David Williams, CNN, 14 July 2021
• Trees will be snapped or uprooted, and power outages might last for weeks.
  — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 26 June 2019
• Squeezed by the high cost of living, Jane, Lenny and their two kids are constantly uprooted in search of cheaper rent.
  — Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2024
• Firefighting crews had reached just 3% containment as of Thursday evening, as thousands of people have been uprooted from their homes.
  — Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 26 July 2024

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024