upturned
Example Sentences
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Video footage on social media show the aircraft coming to a rest with its nose upturned.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026
It evokes a thatched hut, a giant upturned basket and, especially, a vacant, human-size cage—a trap in want of prey.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025
A few have Asian-inspired elements like flared or upturned columns or dormers, while others incorporate floral motifs and stained glass.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2025
Successive face-lifts have finally erased the original’s daft, Cheshire Cat smile, formed by the grille’s upturned corners.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 25, 2025
They waited, a row of upturned, cold-cut faces.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
