Sentence examples for tall upright from inspiring English sources

Not just any dog, but a tall upright creature with a keen fashion sensibility and a small, white terrier of his own — one in need of a coat.

As the current hodgepodge of sedans, minivans and crossovers is phased out, a single tall, upright van design will be phased in, until eventually almost all yellow cabs will look the same.

I watched the figures outlined against the grey sky — the long lean outline of the corpse with the toes sticking up so straight and stark, the crouching huddled figure of the weeping man, and the tall upright sheik standing by his side.

With the death at the age of 90 of Ivor Guild, the people landscape of Edinburgh will miss a spare, tall, upright figure, walking through the streets of the New Town and Old Town like a figure from Lord Cockburn's memoirs.

Tall, upright, and looking as if his physique is not too far off the athleticism that once made him a naturally attacking right back, Babbel nodded approval and gestured so far so good — but stick with the plan, stay solid and pick your moments.

The crown fire exhibited tall upright flames, compared to the shorter tilted flames of the surface fire.

The device consisted of an axe head fitted to the base of a heavy wooden block that ran in grooves between two 15 feet tall uprights, mounted on a stone base about 4 feet high.

Its barrel was about twelve feet tall, held upright by metal supports.

Tall and upright with a firm handshake even throughout his latter years, Marston was rightly proud of his landmark achievements.

From other skeletal remains of eight individuals, the hobbits stood not much more than three feet tall, walked upright and were anatomically more primitive than H. sapiens.

Trees are usually pruned annually to prevent them from becoming too tall; the upright shoots are pruned back to outgrowing laterals to produce a spreading tree and keep it open to sunlight.