up the river

Example Sentences

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I get my sacks of food and we head up the river a bit to be alone, but still they do not rest.

From Literature

In the summer barges bring supplies up the river to the villages.

From Literature

Rowdy and I walked up the river bank for about three hundred yards and then cut back through the bottoms.

From Literature

“Read that part where God opened up the river and all those people walked across and didn’t even get their feet wet.”

From Literature

INÍRIDA, Colombia—A few miles up the river from this border outpost, vast mineral riches are buried in the Venezuelan jungle.

From The Wall Street Journal