Sentence examples for upon almost from inspiring English sources

Instead, over a round of drinks with fellow paleontologists, Mr. Longrich struck upon, almost out of thin air, a name that would end up bringing him more publicity than any of his other discoveries: Mojoceratops.

They said they "stumbled upon" almost 27,000 different keys that offer no security.

The disdain she heaped upon almost everything that crossed her path was not heaped upon this magazine.

(Because enslaving Muslims was frowned upon, almost all the slaves in the Ottoman court were born Christians).

"There is very little accountability right now as it relates to millions, if not tens of millions of dollars that can be decided upon almost unilaterally," he said.

For one, it seems to be predicated upon almost a paranoia that abortion rights, the abortion license, is being restrained or set back.

In the new constitution that they helped draft, judges bestowed upon themselves almost total autonomy.

"A grim spectre has crept upon us almost unnoticed," she wrote.

The legend of Professor Emeritus Sibley had been impressed upon her almost as soon as she had arrived.

They saw no need to market themselves aggressively, and people like Mr. Pagliaro stumbled upon them almost by accident.

This gave her a solid technique that meant she could be relied upon in almost any kind of music.