bolt upright
Example Sentences
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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
In court, she sat bolt upright, poised, attentive, as she listened to the case against her.
From BBC • Sep. 8, 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
He sat bolt upright, reaching for his glasses which in his haste, he knocked across the room.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
