Sentence examples for upon the floor from inspiring English sources

His tail thumped upon the floor.

The rest sat about or lolled upon the floor.

I sat upon the floor with bearded men.

The shadows are sent falling across the chamber, touching its walls, the objects and the things upon the floor.

Young choristers lie singing upon the floor like renaissance effigies of the dead – indeed they are performing William Byrd.

In South Carolina maximum charges for selling leaf tobacco upon the floor of tobacco warehouses are fixed.

Praise the Lord!" Mr. D'Amato said upon taking the floor, provoking applause and a few startled laughs.

Or that, perhaps, his churchwarden ended up shattering, upon meeting the floor, three years ago in January.

Staff members, upon hearing the floor creaking loudly from the large volume of rowdy supporters moving about, were concerned that the floor would actually collapse.

Five years ago, when the first round of funding cuts were made, districts knew that based upon projections, the "floor would fall out" on school districts in the 2012-13 and 2013-14 school years if the state did not restore and stabilize education funding.

He finally came upon it on the floor of the bedroom and wondered why he had left it there of all places.