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Example sentences for: uphold

How can you use “uphold” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

For example, Müller points to structural studies that seem to uphold his theory of overall disorganization of the brain's cortex.
The case law says, plain as day, that this is "constructive receipt" in 1997, and the question I face is whether a sane person should fight to uphold this principle after the Microsoft business-side characters have nonchalantly stuck him with a form 1099 showing those earnings as 1996 income.
To be a chuco is to be proud, dignified, and to uphold one’s personal integrity as well as the honor and integrity of the group.
This deal was soon called off by the Communists, the most powerful party in parliament, who 1) feared that Yeltsin would not uphold his side of the bargain, and 2) called Chernomyrdin "an accomplice with Yeltsin in the destruction of the past years."
His happy-go-yuppie sensibility tells him that we can have our cake and eat it too, that technology can uphold tradition instead of undermining it.