Sentence examples for upright on this from inspiring English sources

The Irish conceit - the belief that 'we' are the most special, gifted, talented, put-down and oppressed people to walk upright on this planet - was on display last week.

Like Neolithic man, I crossed the Bosporus upright, "on foot on the highway".

The cage thus stands upright on one side of the box.

She set the suitcase upright on the floor and sat on it.

What must have been a small van was sitting upright on the side of the road.

I set it upright on the table in front of me.

The ship was resting upright on the sea bed only 11 meters below the surface.

It was sitting nearly upright on the ocean floor 2,003 feet beneath the surface.

(This treatment also dresses an entree plate of wild salmon and quinoa, but in that dish the band stands upright on the plate like the Gateway Arch).

"I felt like I was a little upright on the court, I didn't move that well.

He was sleeping upright on the floor, because getting up and down was too much for his lungs and heart.