Example sentences for: upset

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

  • This may lead Republican Senate challenger Matt Fong and gubernatorial candidate Dan Lungren to upset victories.

  • And now staffers, clearly upset at his departure, have blurted out a goodbye speech.

  • The NYT lead notes that the decision by the Brazilian government to allow its currency to shrink in value by more than 8 percent upset financial markets all over the world.

  • He asks New Hampshire voters "to give me a come-from-behind upset victory here," and then, after Bradley points out the absurdity of Gore's plea--"Al, your underdog pitch brings tears to my eyes"--Gore repeats his claim that it would be an "upset victory."

  • The only people who seemed genuinely upset about the educated elite were members of the educated elite themselves.


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