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Sentence Examples Elongated upright ovals, rendered with translucent washes of yellowish paint, rise up from the bottom of the panel like mountains. Born in Warwickshire, she was the daughter of a land agent whose moral qualities are reflected in those of the upright Adam Bede. It was plated upright, on a giant white platter, and its interior was speckled with peppery lardons and smudges of warm Roquefort. The next day I placed the figure upright on a piece of 400 grit sandpaper and smoothed out the rough surface of the putty. Tori returns Uke to the upright position, by moving forward a bit on the left knee, and releases Uke by unclasping his hands. The tiny mollusks, called orchid or bush snails, feast on surface or lateral roots that would otherwise keep the exotic blooms upright. My Old Granny had her upright in the small living room of her tiny single bedroom house. Then came great laughter and stamping sounds, and all three of us were now bolt upright. You are strapped into your own rolling dental chair which goes from upright to supine as you are prepped and then operated upon. As the man entered through the windows, she changed her position and sat upright on the bed. Leo helped me to sit upright on the floor while supporting my back with his elbow. Maria sat bolt upright on a pretty rococo chair, watching the dancing couples. She needs special chairs to support her back as she slowly learns to sit upright, as well as sensory equipment and a walker to help her develop. He was an octogenarian with a smart appearance, an upright stance, and a military looking moustache. The funnel stands upright from the superstructure, with a pair of ventilators right behind it. If the heel is up then well-struck shots will go right, and the lie needs to be more upright to correct. There is a tendency towards slouching rather than an upright composure and overall there may be a sense of lethargy or a lack of vitality. Visual inspection of the quality of the metal pattern was carried out using a 20x lens on an upright light microscope. Cath's face grew apprehensive as she gathered her crutches and levered herself upright. Quickly, Sara levered herself upright against the wall, staring fearfully at the screaming man before her. Show More Sentences Immediately awake, he pushed down with his elbows, trying to lever himself upright. A soldier sitting at the foot of the bridge pushed himself upright and picked up his musket. People who need to use a chair for meditation should sit upright with their feet touching the ground. For miniature roses mounding the soil up around the rose as it remains upright may also be an option. Our big opportunity had been blown by a bunch of tight-lipped, upright folks who wanted to mind their own business. One of those two bleed holes will always be upright, no matter which lever is on the right and left. His first action of the game is to hack down Frei and Hakan Yakin blasts the resulting free kick wide of the right upright. Capsizing a multihull is not like rolling over in a monohull, whose keel usually causes it to roll upright again. Alvin placed the tray squarely on the sideboard and turned three glasses upright. Advertisements for a piano tuning school pictured a woman tuning an upright piano. Set upright and lined with fireworks, it bursts into brilliant flame against the night sky and slowly dies away to blackness. The excellent score, when present, is an ethereal and lilting affair, full of upright bass and tubular bells which fit the film like a glove. Just as the girl shut the door Yuki pulled herself upright and staggered to the bed. Three upright ring shrouds, housing the air propellers and standing upright at the back of the ship, give the Zubr its distinctive appearance. James Mordey missed a superb chance for the Terrors just before the half hour mark when his close range shot sailed wide of the left upright. Weeping birches, upright junipers, arborvitae, spreading Japanese maple, and weeping cherry provide the foundation planting. Australopithecus postcranial skeletons demonstrate that these forms were upright bipeds. But he also had hit the left upright and right upright on a couple of other tries. It took me a few tries and a lot of effort before I was able to stand upright. They almost added another a minute later when a pull by Jarlath Sweeney trickled inches wide of the upright. Show More Sentences The fencers would stand in an almost upright position with a short stance and the knees only slightly bent. For a flogging, three halberds would be bound in an upright triangle, with a fourth tied horizontally across at chest height. At regular intervals along the counter were great upright wooden stampers shod with iron at the bottom. The upright stems branched from creeping branching horizontal rhizomes that bore delicate hair-like roots. Shane Glover went close for Harps as did Patrick Dowling when his volley shaved the upright. The Usher Hall, normally so Edwardian, upright and slightly stuffy, slips off its tiara and shakes down to something a bit more comfortable. Encourage the stem that will form the new plant to grow straight by gently bending it into an upright position and attaching it to a cane. The Alcione C, a 54m Italian supply ship torpedoed by the Allies in 1943, stands upright on a 34m seabed. The second trailer remained upright as the truck slid to the wrong side of the road, blocking the highway. If the toe is up in the air, either the club is too long or the lie angle too upright. Sometimes, when moving along a large branch, or on the ground, they stand upright with their arms held high for balance, like a tightrope walker. Sit upright on a stability ball, holding a weighted medicine ball with both hands. Players try to land a horseshoe over an upright stick fixed some distance away from the thrower. The new album features more acoustic sounds and an upright bass, with no keyboards. There are numerous sedums, and some are spreaders while others are upright perennials. First stand the wine upright for a day or two, so all the sediment sinks to the bottom of the bottle. Accent their upright stems with low plantings of foamflower, bloodroot, and barrenworts. David jerked upright in his bed, the sheet falling off of the upper half of his body to reveal his bare torso covered in sweat. Seedlings were fixed in an upright position using plugs of soft polyurethane and sealed with silicone grease. Dragging himself upright, Sarr straightened his belt and his bandolier, checking the holstered weapons rhythmically. Show More Sentences He screamed loudly in agony and flew bolt upright, clutching his arm and cursing. Use upright perennials such as gerbera, golden marguerite, and snapdragon for exclamation points of color. I sucked in a breath and bolted upright, scooting back in my bed till my back hit the headboard and I couldn't go any further. But archaeologists found a Saxon upright loom weight dating back to the eighth and tenth centuries. More upright varieties are handsome in shrub borders or, planted 3 or 4 feet apart, as an informal hedge. You'll also find the backrests of the seats tend to be upright, which can be uncomfortable on longer journeys. As I am a bachelor living in a condo with a fairly busy schedule, I vacuumed much more often with this thing than with a traditional upright. I set off downstream, walking, wading and scrambling, trying to stay upright on the algae-covered rocks. I jerked upright in bed and clocked him in the jaw and we quickly returned to the floor in a brotherly-scuffle once more. He was left with quadriplegic cerebral palsy and needs special equipment to stand and sit upright. Go for an armchair that allows you to sit with your spine upright and feet on the floor, rather than slumping into deep cushions. The upright styling is designed to make the car look like a miniature off-roader, but it remains two wheel drive. First he let fly from 25 metres out, his ambitious drive banging off the outside of the upright. One way to do this is to place your baby in an upright position against your shoulder and pat his back gently. Large, many-flowered blooms such as dill, fluffy grasses, and Queen Anne's lace, should be dried upright, not hanging upside down. She wavered on her feet and Blake was the only thing that kept her upright. One draughtsman found the solution in a slotted board to hold the templates upright. They allow him unusual balance, enabling him to overcome gravity and stay upright when he should be prone. Both houses had hearths and ovens, and one had an upright loom for weaving cloth. Her biggest problem was staying upright as she slipped and slithered on the dry grass. Show More Sentences The Selby side came into the game in the second half and were denied by the upright. A loud scream awoke me from my sleep and I sat bolt upright, staring around in wide-eyed confusion. The two derailed locomotives remained upright after jumping the tracks, as did two of the five rail cars, Melonas said. It keeps very well if stood upright in a jug containing a little water, and refrigerated. It is slowly raised upright, a careful job made more arduous by high heat and humidity. Squeeze with your glutes and hamstrings to push your hips forward and raise your torso back to the upright position. The mummy itself is seated upright in meditation with a monk's saffron robes wrapped around its now chalky body. The conversion into the wind just slipped past the upright and at the turn honours were even. Billy Mehmet was allowed to work his way into the box, only to drag his shot just wide of the upright. The large upright stone also bears the marks of where new adze heads were ground and sharpened. The O'Driscolls showed a series of slimline upright chairs made with a powder coated enamelled steel frame to complement the table's base. People swallow quite fluid boluses most of the time, and they do so seated with the trunk upright. My 83 year old patient sat cross legged and bolt upright in the middle of his large double bed. The whorled leaves collapse when the plant is removed from the water, whereas the leaves of Ceratophyllum demersum remain upright. Australia might still have snatched it but Burke's late penalty drifted inches wide of the upright. He slowly willed his numb limbs to rearrange themselves into an upright position. She sat bolt upright, crying out for her mother in fright at the noise, terrified by the pitch blackness around her. I sat bolt upright with a gasp, sweating and shaking and completely disoriented. In general windgalls are more common in heavy horses with more upright conformation. Weakly she attempted to hold herself upright by clutching at the rough bricks. Show More Sentences The legislators, well aware that they were being filmed and photographed by the media, sat bolt upright with alert expressions. She quickly packed up her food in the lunch box and sat upright, ready to face whatever happened next. Pulling himself upright, Raidan wrapped his membranous wings around himself, hugging the warmth close. In early illustrations, dinosaurs were often portrayed as lumbering, upright, tail-dragging behemoths. Instead, he prescribes taking a stance with your heels directly below your body and focusing on keeping your torso upright. And a stoic is a person who combines the qualities of wisdom, upright dealing, and courage. Most shippers storing bottles upright recork their most venerable vintages, say, once every 20 years. The recumbent effigies of souls at rest gave way to an upright statuary of men and women reflecting on their moral duties. The service lasted about an hour, but for the entire time she sat bolt upright, and her back never touched the back of the chair. Once plants had built strong stems and trunks, they could stand upright and reach for the sun. Pierre sat bold upright so quickly that he bonked his head on the floor of the overturned boat. Swamp lousewort, however, is a taller, more upright plant, and its leaves have no stalk or only a very short stalk. Cleon is worsted not by an upright and dignified man but by an illiterate and brazen cynic who beats him at his own game. For this reason, the Buddha teaches his students to sit in the full lotus posture with upright minds. He jumped, sitting bolt upright, and her heart wrenched at the sight of him. Further back, a solitary girder stands upright about 2m above the general level of the wreck. According to the principles of calligraphy, writing should be upright or slanting to the right. He said after landing the undercarriage collapsed but the plane stayed upright. This waif-like girl was sitting upright, gasping for breath with an oxygen cannula dripping blood. The gravel lorry swerved off the road after the impact but remained upright. Show More Sentences The leisurely horizontal qualities of the Spanish landscape are rudely disrupted by his uptight and upright entrance. Keeping the bottle upright on the table, remove the lid to uncover the opening on the top of the cap. I then applied full right rudder and what lateral-stick movement I could to regain upright level flight. The upright stems have many, alternate, pinnately compound leaves with sharply toothed or lacerate leaflets. After a few moments the problem was obvious and proved that the 1996 team hadn't been totally narked when they reported that the rigging was still upright and intact. My mother sat angrily bolt upright while they read Grandpa's will. She woke up with a sudden start and sat bolt upright in bed. As I tried to get upright, I realized with horror that the blood was my own. So he learns a siren song on the Hammond upright, woos wanton waitresses to his seaside flat and then tickles their ivories with the help of a love drug. Tanner, son of a clergyman and a foe of drinking and smoking, was generally devout and upright. Only when this happens will upright people stand out among their fellows. He jerked upright, his head whipping around in her direction. The tube has a flat, wide cap and is meant to be stored upright. As rational beings, then we are duty bound to be morally upright. She held him upright and kind of buried his face in her shoulder, which didn't seem right, but neither of the Grans reared up on her, so it must have been okay. She threw her body violently upright and stiffened, breathing heavily against her rebelling mind, pressing her thoughts into the silent empty space around her. He slept in an upright position in a custom armchair, so the reasons for his lying down to sleep are open to speculation. The extensive array of cardio equipment includes treadmills, total-body elliptical cross-trainers, upright and recumbent Lifecycle exercise bikes and stairclimbers. At the other end Rovers best chances came on 57 minutes, Nolan's shot hit the woodwork and on 78 minutes when Mark Nolan had his attempt go just wide of the upright. In a dim backroom of a mud hut in Save, 82-year-old Teresa Nyirabutunda sits propped upright in bed by her daughter, Francine. Show More Sentences Piper immediately bolted upright from her more relaxed position. An hour later, one of the stewardesses remonstrates repeatedly with Duane to return his seat to the upright position for landing. His normal gait, more a lazy stroll than an upright walk, was even more exaggerated by the long-handled loads he appeared to be toting in each hand. An upright, strong, willful political leadership is the need of the hour. Bruce Latimer, director of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History in Ohio, said an ankle bone and tibia discovered at the site proves the creature walked upright. On the port side, fish swim in and out where hull plating has decayed, leaving ragged holes blocked to any but the skinniest of divers by upright hull ribs. Most of the granitic plutons that make up this part of the batholith are characterized by upright magmatic-state planar fabrics trending NE with shallow lineations. It was made for the virtuosic talents of Mikhail Baryshnikov, and it cleverly transformed him from upright ballet hero into bowler-hatted womanizing rogue. At this time of year there are plenty to be seen, sitting upright in the begging position and giving passers-by a curious once-over before lolloping off to a safer distance. The posts and the keel would then be joined with iron roves to start the hull, with the three main sections being wedged securely upright with wooden props. Boyle sits upright, looking askance at my brick-like tape recorder. The second glitch came a few hours after that, when some of the cables used to pull the ship upright started to slack. However derived, the presence of a saccule is clear indication of an incompetent valve and, therefore, reversed flow down the vein when upright and exercising. I felt my body sagging beneath me, and I could barely stand upright. The typical characteristic of these people is their natural, upright gait and it is widely documented that back and joint pain is unknown to the Masai. And then, in an emotionally tense few seconds, sobbing, she completes the final hang power clean, barely standing upright. The manouevre came dangerously close to spilling me entirely into the muck, but I teetered back and forth and finally came to rest still in the upright position. I wanted a cheap bagless upright cleaner made by someone I'd heard of. Also known as mare's tail and by its botanical name Conyza Canadensis, it grows straight upright on a central stem surrounded by long, thin leaves. Petals can fall deeply towards the ground or be more upright, leaves can be various shades of green or variegated with white or yellow, and blooms can be bearded or not. Show More Sentences Ever since he first stood upright, man has been a martyr to his back. I bolted upright and banged my head on the shelf in the closet. Team coaches using long forked sticks held the poles upright. Natural African bass fibre is coarse, stiff and provides good flexibility for use in upright floor sweeps and as a blend with other fibres for other applications. While it appears that the flowers are standing upright without support, the water and tied stems provide just enough oomph to hold the flowers up. The upright, wardrobe-like posture and rectangular headlights of the seventies Mercs speak to me of a style and distinction that is somewhat missing from the cars of today. The foreknowledge of guilt, mortification and a head that feels as though it has been opened with a tin-opener ought to inhibit any species capable of walking upright. Sitting upright, his knuckles paled as he clenched the bedcover firmly. Interstingly enough, in the Haggadah, the Serpent in the garden is actually in charge of the other creatures of the garden, and walks upright, and has hands. The citron yellow or red tinged flowers are also worth having, hanging bells on tall stalks that dance in the wind and give way to upright seed heads for autumn interest. Scuttling teams hope she will settle upright, as have sister ships Perth in Western Australia and Hobart off South Australia, on the sandy seabed. The midships building is only a shell, though standing upright. The dinghy has three sails and a trapeze, which allows Katherine to lean out of the boat on a wire to counteract the force of the sails and keep the boat upright. They were looking for someone upright, biddable, intelligent, presentable. Now, being able to look at my toes while standing upright will have absolutely no use of course, but it will give me an infinite amount of satisfaction. I've noticed that sheep sleep upright with their legs tucked under their bodies unless they're poorly in which case they lie on their sides with legs stretched out. Each tufted piece is made on an upright frame, using a compressor powered air gun, which shoots the yarn into a canvas backing fabric and creates a heavy, evenly piled rug. He is described as an upright, blameless, and very very wealthy man. They look like evil corn silos or upright storm sewers or a trio of escaped steroidal church organ pipes wearing party hats. There are varying paintings and murals on the wall, an upright piano, and frilly lampshades. Show More Sentences He was too blocky and upright for such a relaxed home, and I could see that he belonged in one of those modern apartments where everything is stainless steel. The design encourages children to sit upright rather than slumped. Muttering and cursing to herself she pulls herself upright and finds that her trousers are covered in mucky water from a bowl that has been left on the floor. His near contemporary, the shy and upright Samuel Crompton invented the spinning mule that allowed Britain to corner the market in fine-spun cottons. Sarah suddenly sat bolt upright in bed, sweat pouring down her forehead. He sits bolt upright, his hand fumbling around for the reading glasses. He sat bolt upright, in a cold sweat, breathing heavily and feeling dazed. As a result of our upright, bipedal posture, we surfer a huge catalog of woes, including slipped disks, fallen arches, wrenched knees, hernias, and aching necks. The way she clasped the stalks, her slouchy but upright posture, even her incessant munching were all banal facts of her life that instantly became bewitching to me. You barely have time to slug it down before they're racing back to tear the cup out of your hands and slam your seat back into it's upright and locked position. Police said the boy was sitting upright on his boogie board off secluded Riecks Point when he was bitten on both legs. Mr. March told... how devoted Brooke had been, and how he was altogether a most estimable and upright young man. The huge flower of stapelia gigantia dwarfs even its own faux-cactus foliage, a cluster of fat, green, upright stems. An integral carry handle and rotatable kickstand lets you pack it anywhere and use it upright or horizontal. What is more, its self-righting system means R2-D2 stands upright even when knocked over or driven down stairs. Self-righting wheel centres ensure that the famous RR emblem is always upright on all four wheels at all times. Hut 3 has a surviving porchway, with the two jamb stones still upright, although the lintel has fallen. The trig point and the remains of its foundations are no longer upright, lying horizontally pointing westward. The leather seats feature a tray table that allows users to dock iPads and mobile devices in an upright position. In Northern Europe, cooks created the pastry using fats like lard and butter to make stiff dough to hold an upright pie. Show More Sentences The arms consist of a silver shield bearing a red cross with a red upright sword in the first quarter. Cobalt-palladium nanodots can be magnetized perpendicular to the plane of the Si base, much like an upright bar magnet. The sound of fiddles, acoustic guitars, and upright piano filled the air. This allows room for upright hazels to be tied to ledgers from the inside of the building. The plant consists of upright aerial stems that arise from a very extensive underground rhizome system. Catmint makes a terrific edging plant for the border instead of lavender, its greygreen leaves and lavender flowerhead borne on upright spikes. Carlisle opened the scoring in the opening moments when a Ryan Baldachino cross was hammered onto the upright by John Sutton. Rumor once had it that Larry Poons used a catapultlike device to hurl paint onto upright canvases. However, he is also that being who entered those chambers upright, with the Lord's Prayer or the Shema Yisrael on his lips. Later He gave him freedom from the Lord to live alone as an upright man to cultivate and keep His garden called Eden. Bungees are packed 30 to a case and allow retailers to display the case either horizontally or upright. She was thin, but always carried herself bolt upright, and would never even lean back in her chair. Historically the human lineage, evidently only at some point in the past in the Australopithecines, assumed obligatory upright posture. Komodos can run up to 13 miles per hour, as well as climb trees, swim, and stand upright to fight other animals. For example, pitchers have to be held upright, so that only their opercula directly intercept light. The large sculptures were set upright in the parament and alternated with vertical rows of the smaller carvings. An upright standing Sigillaria stem from the Westphalian of Poland clearly shows imprints of a larger winding axis. And it was the gangling Allsop who had the visitors back-pedalling early on as he flashed an early half-volley wide of the upright. The upright cup test is used to test microporous hydrophobic coatings and laminates and measures water or perspiration vapor transmission. He will spend the rest of his commute sedentary, and she upright. Show More Sentences Moss gametophytes have stems which may be simple or branched and upright or prostrate. We ought to have two instruments here, one in Munich, and Scherchen would have to get a quartertone upright piano. To avoid misshaping the bristles, store brooms by clipping them to the wall or by placing the bristle end upright. Relief sculpture may also decorate steles, upright slabs, usually of stone, often also containing inscriptions. A tiny, upright figure on muleback, she wore a hat of deep red, her auburn hair falling down about her shoulders. His first instrument of many was the upright alto horn and, showing a flair for music, he left home at 14 to find work in the industry. After 30 months idling on its side in the reef of the Tyrrhenian Sea, in July the 114,000-ton Costa Concordia sat upright once more. He sailed the last fifty miles with a tiny sailplan to keep the boat upright. Think of an upright, globose small to medium size tree that blooms in July bearing yellow flower clusters. I hope then you can cant, for by your cudgels, you sirra are an upright man. Using an upright loom, the Navajos wove blankets worn as garments and then rugs after the 1880s for trade. Attempts to give this upright, uncarved megalith a phallic significance have failed. The rekick ricocheted off an upright, the Broncos eventually won the game and a fad was born. Instead, it relied on two outrigger wheels to remain upright while turning. The lamp gave out only a weak light though it was intrinsically safe provided it was kept upright. In most cases there are small chambers here, with the cover made of a large slab placed on upright stones. It was only a well-timed grab to the chest area that kept her upright. Catmint makes a terrific edging plant for the border instead of lavender, its grey-green leaves and lavender flowerhead borne on upright spikes. Chelsea improved, with Salomon Kalou denied by goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey and Didier Drogba hitting the upright. They were small by today's standards and were about the size of an upright piano. Show More Sentences Some unacademic enthusiastic upright soul called it a pear because it happened to remind him of a pear, though it is really a cactus-berry. He realised that if a number of spindles were placed upright and side by side, several threads might be spun at once. After each frame has been heddled, stand upright within easy reach until the full set has been completed. The upright aerial stems exhibit a monopodial branching pattern, having one main axis of growth. After finding the nut, both engine intakes had been left upright on the engine cowlings. The upright blocks or stelas are among the most curious parts of the present ruin. Road bikes tend to have a more upright shape and a shorter wheelbase, which make the bike more mobile but harder to ride slowly. The three, sometimes reduced, petals stand upright, partly behind the sepal bases. Mrs. Ferrars was a little, thin woman, upright, even to formality, in her figure, and serious, even to sourness, in her aspect. Sika stags have stout, upright antlers with an extra buttress up from the brow tine and a very thick wall. They are Canon Rampling, an upright and uptight clergyman, and his companion Warden Tidy, and the demanding, imperious Mrs. Surviving examples of such badges come in many colours and they were worn upright rather than as saltires. Revetments are slanted or upright blockades, built parallel to the coast, usually towards the back of the beach to protect the area beyond. Both companies make the upright, grand, semigrand, and baby-grand pianos, and in such styles as colonial, empire, antique, etc. The articulated nature of the trainset was credited with maintaining stability during the incident and all of the train stayed upright. I turtled my board beneath it, flipped upright, and started paddling again. They also have statocysts, called spheridia, located within the ambulacral plates to help the animal remain upright. In 1953, the club crest was changed to an upright blue lion looking backwards and holding a staff. An upright semigrand piano near the door, flanked by two palms in pots, executed suddenly all by itself a valse tune with aggressive virtuosity. It is thought this would have stood upright within the henge, as the patterns cover both sides. Show More Sentences Smaller but striking too is the Ostrich fern whose upright fronds are arranged like a shuttlecock. Growing to around 10cm long, harmless velella velella have distinctive blue and purple colours and upright, sail-like fins. Was it the adoption of upright posture and bipedality that caused a shift in the poise of the head on the vertebral column? Her arm looped around the roo bar and she pulled herself into a more upright position, ignoring the sharp stab in her leg. Terry came close to doubling Chelsea's lead when his header from Lampard's mis-hit volley fizzed inches past the upright. Steam bellows from the upright piano as singer Jaz tells us about Weather from a loud hailer. First, it contributes to the maintenance of stable upright posture in the frontal and sagittal planes during gait. It was a narrow ridge, raised above the surrounding turf, with irregular stones along its edges, and at the head an upright hunk of granite. For the very young there are usually upright aids called bob skates so they gain more confidence. Today the ships sit upright on the sanctuary seafloor, still joined at the bow. Downhill Skateboarders stand upright on longboards and can reach speeds of up to 55mph. This versatile 8-piece offering combines lightweight long-lasting upright luggage, soft and rolling duffels, a messenger bag and a daypack, all in one matching collection. The premier Samantha Brown Luggage collection will be launched on May 27, 2011, and includes a carry-on set and tote bag, several upright suitcases, and a weekend bag. This is achieved by sitting the top horizontal bar of the hurdle in a bracket, rather than it being morticed directly into the upright as is presently the case. This band of countrymen consists of fiddler Ketch Secor, guitjoist Kevin Hayes, upright bassist Morgan Jahnig, guitarist Willie Watson, and banjoist Critter Fuqua. Another unusual Austin in the auction is a 1928 Austin Seven Top Hat, so called owing to its upright shape, allowing room for occupants with fashionable 20s tophats. Fortescue, who died in 1957, was known to be a strict and upright man. The puma sat there for several minutes in the oblique honeyed light, tautly upright, looking like a Lalique ornament as it gazed lakeward into the rising sun. In the beigest parts of suburbia where I grew up, bridge was a game played by groups of parents in recreation rooms furnished with upright pianos and souvenir sombreros. Whatever the situation may have been, Gongshan was considered an upright man who continued to defend the state of Lu, even after he was forced to flee. Show More Sentences Kate's living room was simply furnished with a large damask-covered sofa that had seen better days, a folding table with barley sugar legs and a couple of upright chairs. He kept his head down to allow the explosion to pass over him, but as soon as the explosion had occurred stood upright as much as possible to avoid the afterdamp. Axinomancy Was performed by balancing an axe on an upright stake, and the names of suspected persons being pronounced, it was supposed to point out the guilty by its motion. The device kept working as normal, with the spindle now pointed upright. The tip of the spout is more upright in contrast to the rest of the rim. I looked at Tubb, his blonde, signature cowlick standing upright from the back of his head, giving a boyish appearance to a man who was a full-bird colonel. The absence of feet has led to suggestions that the figures might have been made to stand upright by inserting the legs into the ground like a peg. The birds often perch in trees, but spend much time on the ground, striding about or standing still for long periods with an upright stance, often on a single leg. The spar has more inherent stability than a TLP since it has a large counterweight at the bottom and does not depend on the mooring to hold it upright. The vacs advertised were a Hoover WindTunnel and a Bissell upright. The stems are upright and located at the centre of the leaves. There are six upright stones, three of which support the capstone. A RELATIVE of the common Black-eyed Susan vine, thunbergia King's Mantle is an unusual upright shrub with dark green leaves and large, trumpet-shaped purple flowers. Golf bags have both a hand strap and shoulder strap for carrying, and sometimes have retractable legs that allow the bag to stand upright when at rest. The abscesses were so bad that Marx could neither sit nor work upright. Perhaps this living fossil could be planted upright in the ground. Here we climbed the 219 winding steps of the lighthouse that was engineered to stay upright in the sandy soil and shoot a beam of light out to sea. The megaliths of the Senegambian area near the Atlantic coast are characterised by upright blocks or pillars of laterite, carefully worked to a smooth surface. Burton was allegedly inebriated while making the movie, and many of his scenes had to be filmed with him sitting or lying down due to his inability to stand upright. A blooming Leucadendron 'Safari Sunset' and an upright, spiky-leafed 'Maori Queen' phormium add rosy hues above a silvery green phormium and deep green Carex tumulicola. Find more words! 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