Sentence examples for may be upright from inspiring English sources

Plants may be upright or drooping.

Four to eight cylinders may be aligned one behind the other in an in-line engine; the cylinders may be upright or inverted, the inverted having the crankshaft above the cylinders.

It did win the approval of the Commission, but not of the pope, who wrote that the church "considers it lawful for married people to take advantage of the infertile period but condemns as always unlawful the use of means which directly prevent conception, even when the reasons given for the later practice may appear to be upright and serious".

It may be that upright walking evolved in the trees, as a way to walk along branches that would otherwise be too flexible.

It may be flat, upright, part buried etc. Place it on a stand, such as a tray with sand, a Dai or a good spot in the garden.

Before poison sumac grows into a full sized shrub or tree, it may be relatively upright, with small branches with red stems growing along the entire height of the trunk.

Painted with punning slogans like "Strike While the Iron Is Hot" (for the blacksmiths) and "May Our Carriage Ever be Upright" (the saddle and harness makers), the textiles had belonged to the Maine Charitable Mechanic Association, which auctioned them in August at James D. Julia in Fairfield, Me.

This may be a critical age, when children begin to be upright and mobile enough to explore on their own and be less dependent on parenting stimulation.

Be upright, modest, straightforward and cooperative.

Only if one is upright himself should he ask others to be upright".

Your books should be upright.