upright person
Example Sentences
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You did not apologize, offer to pay for damage, leave your name with us or anything a morally upright person would do in the same situation.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 17, 2022
Fans of vertical video argue that vertical shots do better justice to buildings, trees, mountains and scenes of a single upright person.
From Scientific American • Mar. 20, 2018
He's a brilliant player and an upright person.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2014
The most upright person, as I now perceive, can be led into suspicious positions.”
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Upon inspecting the hull of the galley, the master calkers beheld a monstrous fish detach itself from its bottom with the tranquility of an upright person who has fulfilled his duty.
From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Jordan, Charlotte Brewster