wrong-side up

Example Sentences

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According to experts, one reason we struggle to define it is because we look at it from the wrong side up.

From Washington Post • Dec. 1, 2011

He dragged the heavy thing wrong side up.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 7, 2010

That Train Ear was holding the blues harp with the wrong side up.

From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia

I explained to Zaphnath that the telescope made things look wrong side up, just as it made them look larger, and I focussed it upon the Gnomons to convince the wise man of this.

From Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner by Douglass, Ellsworth

Seizing them wrong side up, Tom produced three little bouquets, all different in color, size, and construction.

From Happy Days for Boys and Girls by Various