Sentence examples for beating upwards from inspiring English sources

On Paleochori beach, below red, purple and yellow-streaked cliffs, it feels as if the heat of the sun is somehow beating upwards from under my towel – in fact, it is geothermic heat and really is coming from underground.

There's no self-pity, no beating upwards to God's throne here, just a kind of secular prayer of thanks, albeit one that performs the miracle of bringing the dead back to life.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, as ever, had it right: "I tell you, hopeless grief is passionless; / That only men incredulous of despair, / Half-taught in anguish... Beat upwards to God's throne in loud access / Of shrieking and reproach".

It prepares for the strike by holding its feet far forward (almost under its chin) and then strikes backwards while simultaneously beating its wings to lift upwards.

During this exaggerated flight, the male with his neck extended and his head feathers erect tilts his body from horizontal to vertical, and descends slowly and springs upwards by rapidly beating his wings after alighting on the ground.

He is poised to chart a big spike upwards in his averages in January, perhaps beating his numbers for all of 2014.

To compensate, the heart beats faster than usual, upwards of 90 beats per minute.

Ultron has $1.5bn£970m0m) to beat if Marvel's current upwards trajectory is to be maintained, and this frame's $200.2m is a determined start, 44% above the first film's tally across the same set of markets – especially considering a slightly begrudging spread of reviews (our own Peter Bradshaw excepted).

Another conclusion: An effective ad campaign typically beats league-wide sponsorships, which typically cost upwards of $10 million.

There are 12 levels in all, and they are each extremely challenging (more on why later, but it took me upwards of four times to beat each level – sometimes as many as 15).

The all-British clash for the world heavyweight title – the first since Lennox Lewis beat Frank Bruno in Cardiff in 1993 – should return Haye upwards of £5m; Harrison might earn £250,000.