| The figurehead of the Oseberg ship of about ad 800 is a menacing dragon with head upreared. |
| Still their king's command they feared, and pressed around with arms upreared. |
| He like the Lord of Hills appeared with ten huge heads to heaven upreared. |
| That mountain barrier, virtually annihilated so long as the faiths of the two peoples were one, was upreared again. |
| The astounded leopard upreared, with his fore-paws striking and ripping at the little demon that would not let go. |
| Throughout their range, different species are favourites of snake charmers, who frighten them into assuming the upreared defense posture. |
