upside down

Example Sentences

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Turn it upside down “and a billionaire falls through the ceiling,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

"You know, hanging about upside down, you've nothing to do, in fact sleeping most of the time," he said.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

So far this year, the Iran war has turned OPEC’s usual production problem upside down.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

"The results are a surprise. They turn our understanding of the evolution of the eye and the brain upside down," says Dan-E Nilsson, professor emeritus in sensory biology at Lund University.

From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026

They turned Apollinaire’s apartment upside down, and somewhere in the chaos, they discovered letters from Géry Pieret.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day