Sentence examples for stick upright from inspiring English sources

By 7 40, when his wife, Janice, left their trailer for her job in town, the creek was an eerily still, glistening black goo that could hold a stick upright.

Place a stick upright in the ground so that you can see its shadow.

Place a stick upright in the ground so you can see its shadow.

To split a small piece of wood, hold the stick upright, either by sticking into the ground or holding it with your feet.

The referee, Alan Gunn, tossed a coin for home advantage and after his first attempt stuck upright in the mud it turned in our favour.

"A South African Childhood" (1954) evokes the sun-drenched Transvaal landscape in lyrical prose; "Pula!" (1979) recounts a visit to Botswana in a narrative that brims with splendid descriptions: the Kalahari desert is a "vast sand-tray" in which thorn trees are "lead toys stuck upright".

The ceviche sampler is an excellent expression of food for fun: three contrasting ceviches -- I've had salmon, tuna, scallop and whitefish -- and a garnish of weird vegetable chips, served on a plate festooned with long, thin slices of deep-fried plantain stuck upright into a ceviche, flowers and sometimes spicy popcorn.

When eating, remember these: If you must put down you chopsticks place them on the sides of your bowl or plate; never leave them sticking upright in a bowl of rice.

After an hour or so, insert a wooden stick into each cup — the mixture will have solidified enough that the stick should stay upright — and continue to freeze until totally solid.

After an hour or so, insert a wooden stick into each cup -- the mixture will have solidified enough that the stick should stay upright -- and continue to freeze until totally solid.

Maybe instead of a full tree, you'll cut a branch from one of your own trees and stick it upright in a pot.