Sentence examples for upper thing from inspiring English sources

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You wonder: Is traveling on the QM2 really an upper-class thing to do, or is it a middle-class notion of an upper thing to do?

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After the initial shock I did not do the stiff upper lip thing at all, I decided that this was war and the battle commenced, so in 2010 I had chemotherapy, then a mastectomy then radiotherapy.

A tough grip that goes in all directions gives good traction on all surfaces yet thin but sturdy soles keep things responsive, and a minimal upper keeps things lightweight.

"In British culture you've got that stiff-upper-lip thing.

It's not an upper-class thing; the tea is Lipton's, and smoking is permitted on the port side in designated areas.

"I know people think that 'How do you do?' is an archaic, stuffy, upper classy-type thing to say," Fox says.

While the markets that these new companies participate in may shrink in size and rely on less upper management, one thing they certainly don't leave out is the need for employees.

As far as stand-up goes, Buress, who started out in his native Chicago, has reached the upper echelon the only thing he has left to do is play Madison Square Garden (a goal he intends to achieve, by the way).

Going from lower to upper sixth changed things.

Energetic, precocious, Edie Erdman was summering with her parents at the Tamarac Lodge in the Catskills in 1966 -- just the sort of thing upper-middle-class Jewish families from Brooklyn did in the mid-60's.

Wander round the streets of Sivas, however, and the proliferation of new mosques and Sunni foundations unmistakably indicates which side has the upper hand.Yet things are beginning to change.

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