upright
Example Sentences
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Oedipus knew that it was us, from crawling baby to upright maturity to old age, when a staff or cane becomes a third foot.
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
The kick duly sailed through the uprights, putting the Seahawks up 18-16—and spoiling Rivers’s return after nearly five years in retirement.
Newcastle may have hit the upright through substitute Jacob Murphy after going in front, but Howe's side began to drop deep against Leverkusen late on, consciously or not.
From BBC
Making space for a third row of seats often throws off the upright stance and two-box proportions that characterize SUV designs, leaving a lot of them looking awkwardly elongated, slab-sided or overheavy at the stern.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
