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upright
adjective as in erect or vertical
adjective as in honorable, honest
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As I tried to get upright, I realized with horror that the blood was my own.
He slept in an upright position in a custom armchair, so the reasons for his lying down to sleep are open to speculation.
They look like evil corn silos or upright storm sewers or a trio of escaped steroidal church organ pipes wearing party hats.
So why not keep all passengers in the ‘upright position’ when they fly?
In a dim backroom of a mud hut in Save, 82-year-old Teresa Nyirabutunda sits propped upright in bed by her daughter, Francine.
In shape it is curved, like those things for candles attached to upright pianos, but with a weighted foot to hold it firm.
Mrs. Ducksmith, who had sat with overwhelmed head in her hands, started bolt upright, and looked at him like one thunderstruck.
He had a flashlight gun in his right hand, and a photographer's tripod was propped upright between his knees.
The sick woman had raised herself upright, and was stretching her arms towards them.
The boiler was of six wrought-iron upright tubes, one within the other.
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On this page you'll find 155 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to upright, such as: erect, perpendicular, vertical, plumb/plum, standing, and straight.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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