Meaning of sunlit uplands | Babel Free

Definitions

A wished-for place or time of happiness and prosperity.

British, figuratively, plural, plural-only

Examples

“We find⟳ in the nation as a whole, the people chosen of God to preserve⟳ his name⟳ and worship⟳ throughout many generations, moving on the sunlit uplands, while the world sat in shadow beneath.”

“A man, to see⟳ far, must climb⟳ to some height, and I was too much upon the plain in those days to catch⟳ even a glimpse of distant sunlit uplands of triumphant achievement that lie⟳ beyond the valley of self-sacrifice.”

“[Adolf] Hitler knows that he will have⟳ to break⟳ us in this island or lose⟳ the war. If we can stand⟳ up to him all Europe may be free, and the life of the world may move⟳ forward⟳ into broad, sunlit uplands; but if we fail⟳ then the whole world, including the United States, and all that we have⟳ known and cared for, will sink⟳ into the abyss of a new dark age made more sinister, and perhaps more prolonged, by the lights of a perverted science. Let⟳ us therefore brace ourselves to our duty and so bear⟳ ourselves that if the British Commonwealth and Empire lasts for a thousand years men will still say⟳, "This was their finest hour."”

“Whatever the misgivings might be, the future that these projects paint⟳ is bright. That just leaves the challenge⟳ of bridging the gap between today's rather gloomy situation and tomorrow's sunlit uplands.”

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