Sentence examples for upright desk from inspiring English sources

Former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill would often work on his book manuscripts at an upright desk, as did the US founding father, Benjamin Franklin.

People are currently milling around an astro-turfed open area — the newly christened "Brand Park" — drinking beer and munching popcorn while surrounded by upright desks (so hip) and more wasted electronics – like unused computer screens and iPads – than you can shake a stick at.

So I mostly read while sitting upright, at a desk, ballpoint pen in hand.

One teenager studies standing upright at his desk to keep from dozing.

Reading books on a PC felt too much like I was working, chained upright to a desk.

To me, that stops the Pro short of transforming into the kind of computer where I can sit upright at a desk and burn through work.

With the total capacity of its three cylinders equal to the volume of a large soft-drink bottle, it's also tiny: placed upright on a desk, the block fits easily within the edges of a file folder.

In my family's classic 7 42 p.m. fight, I was usually seated upright at my desk, surrounded by computer equipment; my wife was six inches lower in an old swivel chair.

As she speaks she is surrounded by three erect plastic penises –blue and brown – which stand upright on the desk in front of her like small Easter Island statues.

The thought of writing apparently stimu ates Roberts & causes him to sit upright at a desk, put in requests to libraries, write friends, examine sources, & generally raise hell throughout the daylight hours & fa into the night.

The European model will also receive TV. Nokia added a small kickstand that will let the phone sit upright on a desk or table to watch videos, a reason it might be thought of as a multimedia computer.