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upended

[ UK /ʌpˈɛndɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. turned up on end

How To Use upended In A Sentence

  • the airplanes upended
  • He upended his opponent.
  • Expectations were upended easily when her archest of enemies actually worked with the woman most people agree is funny, warm, diligent and immensely likable in person. Big Girls Don’t Cry
  • Sitting on an upended barrel in front of a still-closed ironmonger's shop, Nynaeve warmed her hands under her arms and surveyed her army. The Great Hunt
  • Instead, they risked being upended by the many people who have felt for some years that there is a lot of largesse sloshing around the nation which has not come their way.
  • From the survivors and loved ones of the devastating Japanese and Christchurch earthquakes; to liberated Tunisian and Egyptian citizens; to a celebrity who has upended every traditional public relations rule, the Twittersphere has ignited as a lifeline, a peaceful revolution mobilizer, and a digital megaphone. Beverly Macy: #Winning With Real-Time Social Media: Disaster Relief, Hashtag Revolutions, and Celebrity Twitter Rants Through the Now Lens
  • There is a rumor that the very first games were played with cigar box lids for paddles, carved champagne corks for balls, and a row of upended books for a divider in the center of the court.
  • What is so dangerous that our oldest statutes could be upended for such a ha'p'orth of momentary panic?
  • I upended the pumpkin and cut the bottom out of it, then put it outside on our backdeck, over the decklight, sparing us the need to use a candle or a flashlight to light him up.
  • Rachaela put the portions into a dish and upended a can of Heinz tomato soup over them to make a casserole.
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