bolt upright
Example Sentences
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But four younger colleagues from Toulouse froze, bolt upright.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2022
I sat bolt upright, moving my lips with nothing coming out.
From New York Times ● Jun. 5, 2022
Typically bolt upright in her chair and staring straight ahead, Holmes has remained impassive as even one-time supporters testified to their misgivings about her actions while leading Theranos.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 19, 2021
The PlayStation 2 played with similar emotions at the turn of the millennium, sitting bolt upright like the Monolith in 2001: A Space Odyssey.
From The Verge ● Dec. 5, 2019
Both the Negro and the white convicts had sat bolt upright.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
