Sentence examples for upright and this from inspiring English sources

The Carters saw Grand Ole Opry star Cecil Null playing the instrument upright, and this led to the standing-up style of playing that is standard today.

Then suddenly, with hideous symbolism, the shadow of the guillotine appears against the sky: Over their heads, among the spikes of the iron bars that stabbed at the air, they passed an axe, keeping it upright; and this single axe, flaunted like the battle standard of the band, took on the sharp profile of a guillotine blade against the light evening sky.

When Edinburgh's Rory Sutherland was penalised for taking down a scrum, Davies had another chance to score, but his kick stuck the other upright and this time bounced clear.

Rubber infill or crumbs made from recycled tires keep the turf blades upright, and this rubber can contain lead.

"We need to get away from this whole notion that you must sit upright and face this direction.

A man bound hand and foot struggles to sit upright and hollers, "This is inhumane!" Another pulls his knees to his chin and, wide-eyed, whispers about telekinesis and the CIA.

"I don't see anything in this that makes me sit bolt upright and say, 'Hmmm, this is very unusual,' " he said.

Some of these plants remain upright and stoic during this transition, others lose their inhibitions by gyrating and leaning as they exchange their greenery for something a little more gaudy.

Renee Cho, the accompanist, started the song again on the slightly out-of-tune upright piano, and this time the singers brought a smile to Mr. Bratt's face.

For the M170, our main component of interest, there was more activity in response to inverted than to upright faces, and this was more strongly expressed when faces were unfamiliar.

However, a minipig is not an upright animal and this one is not appropriate in the viewpoint of vertebral loading characteristic.