turn upside down

Example Sentences

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A claim by Angels lawyer Todd Theodora in a hearing this summer that the plaintiffs were asking for $1 billion was shot down last week by a person in the Skaggs camp who said “we are not asking anywhere remotely close to that. My god, the whole world would turn upside down.”

From Los Angeles Times

“In a split second your world gets turn upside down for no good reason,” the business posted online, saying “great people in this community” were lost.

From Washington Times

"In a split second your world gets turn upside down for no good reason," Schemengees posted on its Facebook page.

From Reuters

Strong winds had lashed the boat, sparking panic among many passengers, who moved to one side of the wooden boat and caused it to turn upside down after its bamboo outriggers broke, the coast guard and police said.

From Seattle Times

“Water would go into Ricou’s eyeholes, so the only way he could see me was to turn upside down. During the whole sequence, he was supposed to be swimming underneath me and I wasn’t supposed to know he was there. Every now and then I’d feel this scaly hand come up and skim my leg or my bottom and I’d say, ‘Oh, Ricou must be there.’”

From Washington Post