Sentence examples for upright half from inspiring English sources

He began each swing almost daintily, laying his bat down against the outside edge of the plate, using his left, or bottom, hand, to mark his territory before assuming the ready stance — wide, upright, half cocked — that instills fear in so many pitchers.

He began each swing almost daintily, laying his bat down against the outside edge of the plate, using his left, or bottom, hand, to mark his territory before assuming the ready stance wide, upright, half cocked that instills fear in so many pitchers.

In the simplest, the all-white "Slight Relief," a horizontal half-circle swerves into an upright half-circle, recalling the monumental, serpentine sculptures of Clement Meadmore.

In the shallower soil it grows upright and half the size, but still with the pretty white butterfly flowers that keep reappearing well into autumn.

Waist circumference was measured in the upright position half way between the lower subcostal margin and the iliac crest.

"Rigor Motors," a pair of sculptures in the form of coffins by Ruben Ochoa and Marco Rios — one is half upright with an automobile bucket seat inside — allude to a car culture of death.

Hasanaj was alone in a room on the third floor, sitting half upright in bed, supported by pillows, with the entire upper part of his head swathed in bandages.

The train remained upright for nearly half a mile, but several of its cars derailed and jackknifed into the path of the onrushing freight train, which was carrying 1,000 tons of coal and moving at 60 miles an hour on the adjacent northbound track.

Opiates are not contra-indicated but required specific and careful monitoring and a global management of patients including positioning (left lateral decubitus or half upright position), oxygen supplementation and the use of CPAP.

Keeping Baby upright for a half hour will give Baby time to digest and eliminate stomach contents.

Then, cut and fit 2x4s, toenailed between the upright studs, one half inch from the top of the lowest upright stud inside the enclosure, ensuring that this ceiling perimeter is level and even all the way around.