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
  • At the time, my husband and I were uprooting our lives and moving to a new state.
    — Julia Ries, SELF, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Cranes uproot young shoots of corn in the spring and eat the kernels, and also eat winter wheat seeds.
    — Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 18 Oct. 2017
  • 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
  • His wife died of Spanish flu while they were uprooted and living on the road.
    — John Williams, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2018
  • There was roof damage at some of the players' homes and uprooted trees.
    — Hunter Atkins, Houston Chronicle, 23 Feb. 2018
  • Many people don’t even know about them, can’t afford them or cannot uproot their lives to move to one.
    — Abigail Jones, Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2014
  • Was Garrett able to uproot his life and adjust to being in San Diego?
    — Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2024
  • In the spring of 2022, Williams was uprooted from his solitary world and transferred to a prison in San Diego County.
    — Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
  • 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
  • Trees were uprooted and tree branches were torn down, some of which landed on cars and roofs.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2025
  • In late 2023, L uprooted her life in Colorado to move back home to Missoula.
    — Aaron Bolton, NPR, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Soon after, trees were uprooted near the drive-thru and the building was flattened.
    — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 6 Mar. 2020
  • Large trees were uprooted, roofs were ripped off of houses and an RV was flipped, but no injuries or deaths were reported.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Trees were uprooted and blown over, blocking roads and removing mast-producing oaks and other tree species beneficial to wildlife.
    — Arkansas Online, 5 May 2025

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