He paused a moment before the cages, with upraised sword.

Bran was standing over him with upraised wooden sword, ready to whack him again once he regained his feet.

The man touched the stars on his upraised sword with a curious gesture, almost a ritual of fealty.

Dandin stood in front of the upraised sword.

Her pale, long-lashed eyelids fell, and she did not see the upraised sword.

The metal of her tone was like an upraised sword.

They stared at me; their discipline was good, for they were silent, saluting us with upraised swords.

Around the fiery circle, warriors on high stilts beat upraised swords against their shields.

So the public thought, and yet they consented to the upraised sword being stayed.

Suddenly another man appeared at the edge of the screen, sprinting forward with upraised sword.