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
• Plus most people aren’t willing to uproot their lives and start brand new.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 1 Oct. 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
• There was roof damage at some of the players' homes and uprooted trees.
  — Hunter Atkins, Houston Chronicle, 23 Feb. 2018
• Was Garrett able to uproot his life and adjust to being in San Diego?
  — Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2024
• 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
• Now that the regime has fallen, the decision of whether to uproot their lives has again fallen on the refugees in Turkey.
  — Alia Malek, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
• 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
• This sense of what lies ahead is what led me to uproot my life in New York and move my son and myself to Los Angeles.
  — John P. Darcy, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2018
• 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
• Becca takes her show on the road, uprooting her gaggle of guys and taking them to Park City, Utah.
  — Melissa Locker, Time, 19 June 2018
• 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
• Sinner broke the second part, uprooting it from the court, which caused a substantial delay.
  — Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 18 Feb 2025