Often without exchanging a word they would sit for an hour with their faces touching, the one feeling on his cheek the hot breath from the other's mouth; while at the end of the time the only motion was an upraising of Liza's lips, a bending down of Jim's, so that they might meet and kiss.
"Liza of Lambeth"
W. Somerset Maugham
As the skin boats, like bugs, sped over the water, I felt the movement of them surge in my brain; with the upraising of each swift-darting native's arm I felt, as it were, my heart stop with bated suspense.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
"It's up to you," he said, with a callous upraising of his shoulders.
"The Law-Breakers"
Ridgwell Cullum