upright
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I’d change into play clothes, take my bowl and begin the solemn work of crushing an obscene number of crackers into the carrot-flecked broth until the spoon could nearly stand upright.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
When humans adopted an upright bipedal gait, the spine retained these functions.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
The cowboy grips its reins and mane with one hand, his sole sure purchase on the almost upright animal, and flings out his free arm to balance himself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
“He was a very upright, very honest man,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
Four of the groups were told they would pull the obelisk until it was upright.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
And when Wil Lutz’s try sailed through the uprights, the clock read 0:00—and the Giants were left in total disbelief.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025
Jefferson darted to his teammates on the field as the ball missed the uprights.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2024
No mistake from the out-half, splits the uprights.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2024
Ben Healy makes no mistake as his kick sails through the uprights.
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2024
The door was made of wire netting on a wooden frame, with two leather hinges nailed to the uprights and a hasp and staple fastened with a twist of wire.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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