uptown
Example Sentences
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The 2007 opening of FX’s groundbreaking legal drama “Damages,” in which Byrne’s young lawyer, Ellen Parsons, flees an uptown New York apartment building in which something terrible has clearly happened, sparked all manner of conversation.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026
"Hoffman, me, my brother, three or four other actors and singers had a place on 107th and Broadway in Manhattan, uptown," Duvall told GQ in 2014.
From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026
When his work was staged for the uptown set at Lincoln Center, seats emptied.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2025
On a recent afternoon, he had a copy in his wallet, along with his state ID, as he walked from his uptown apartment in Memphis, Tennessee, to a nearby corner store.
From Salon • Nov. 4, 2025
“There’s a newsstand on the uptown D platform at Fifty-Ninth Street that sells giant SweeTarts. They’re really hard to find around here.”
From "Liar & Spy" by Rebecca Stead
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
