upright

Example Sentences

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By the final weeks of December, I realized that one thing has consistently kept my spirits strong, perhaps the same thing that has helped keep our city upright through trials much tougher than mine.

From Los Angeles Times

"I had chronic pain and could only be upright for a limited amount of time."

From BBC

Juventus went close when defender Lloyd Kelly hit the upright but eventually got the breakthrough and moved up to third place, level on points with AC Milan.

From Barron's

Oedipus knew that it was us, from crawling baby to upright maturity to old age, when a staff or cane becomes a third foot.

From The Wall Street Journal

The pipe that will supply the heat pump, drawing water from the River Rhine in Germany, is so big that you could walk through it, fully upright, I'm told.

From BBC