Sentence examples for slightly turned up from inspiring English sources

Her nose was slightly turned up at the end, like a doll's.

Footwear was in the form of sandals, shoes, or boots, with the toes slightly turned up.

Loose tops suggested sweatshirts, and under a number of skirts (in steel-gray leather or animal-printed velvet) were glen plaid trousers or leg warmers, which were crunched over snub-nose pumps slightly turned up at the toes like a doll's shoe left on a radiator.

If you've spent a few days on the road you may be forgiven for believing the island is uninhabited so it's refreshing to see the stylish residents of the city at play in the countless cafes and bars and to observe the fact that all Icelanders' noses seem to have been cast from exactly the same mould: short, dainty and slightly turned up at the end.

So I always left a button or two undone, and had the sleeve of my battle dress slightly turned up.

When the mushrooms have softened slightly, turn up the heat a little and add the rice.

The agent, from the bureau's Minneapolis office, wrote in a Sept. 25 letter to two senators on the Judiciary Committee that the slightly damaged paperweight turned up last month on the desk of an F.B.I. secretary, who said it had been found by agents working at the trade center.

Years later, when I thought back on that afternoon, I would wonder: what if I had turned up slightly later and he had time to put his pictures away?