Sentence examples for stand upside down from inspiring English sources

Protected from the tide by levees, the water produces mirages in which cit ies seem to stand upside down and high ways run nowhere.

A person can stand upside down after eating a large hearty meal, yet no food backs up into the mouth or the esophagus.

The supernatant was discarded by decanting, and the tube was allowed to stand upside down for 2 min to allow the remaining fluid to drain.

Busch survived a couple of overtime restarts and 16 extra laps to win again Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway, a race marred by accusations that Carl Edwards purposely wrecked Brad Keselowski's car, sending it hurtling toward the main stands upside down.

WATTS Ms. Martyn abhors unnatural beauty treatments, but apparently has no problem with preternatural ones: "David Life at Jivamukti says he stands upside down every day and informs his cells to age backwards.

2. Stand the bike upside down.

Stand the jar upside down on a radiator or hot-air vent.

The gimmicks are not always foolproof and the drum stand was stuck upside down on more than one occasion.

In Dante's "Inferno," she observes, "at the bottommost circle of hell, the ungrateful are punished by being eternally frozen in the postures of deference they had failed to perform during their lifetimes: trapped rigid in enveloping ice, they stand erect or upside down, lie prone, or bow face to feet".

Stand the pineapple upside down.

Friendly Note of Advice to the Peanut-Butter Industry: We have just concluded an informal poll revealing that ten out of thirteen housewives stand peanut-butter jars upside down to keep the oil from collecting at the top.