upset
Example Sentences
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Don’t expect us to remain upset or all feel glum at the same time.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026
In something of an upset, Ingerson topped a vote of party members last summer.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
The University of Connecticut’s stunning last-second upset over Duke in the March Madness college basketball tournament is the kind of moment that fans wait all season for.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
“Each time we were just fighting and resisting and so upset with the league’s response or lack of response, and she’d say, ‘It’s just math,’” Jackson said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
“Well, I suppose I should be upset by the intrusion. Then again, it didn’t feel much like an intrusion. I simply talked and the stranger listened. An ideal arrangement, in my books.”
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
