Example sentences for: upright

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

  • Reagan's Alzheimer's shows in his slightly vacant expression but not in his upright, presidential bearing.

  • Gone are the days when one picked up the old upright phone, was greeted by an operator, and told her--it was always her--the number one wanted; with that antediluvian routine went such memorable tunes as, Hello, Central?

  • Bush seems prepared to spill some voters off the right side of the GOP yacht in order to get it upright again.

  • People decorate houses, shops, offices, and even cars with a bouquet of pine and bamboo, symbols of evergreen stability and upright behavior.

  • The parents of Sarah Richfield must be very proud--here she is, just thirty and already written up in the Wall Street Journal ! Oh sure, it was for having sex with her boyfriend in the bathroom on a plane while arguing through the door with the flight attendant telling her to er, return herself to the fully upright and locked position.


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