How To Use Upstart In A Sentence

At first she wanted to punch the nurse and storm off - how dare the young upstart speak to her like that?
The subplots evolve around the fates of several individual soldiers of the Macht and a few other side characters: the young conscripts Gasca and Rictus of Isca, centurion Jason of Ferai, Vorus – the renegade general of the Assurian Empire, and Tyrin, the lowborn Kufr concubine of the upstart prince. Paul Kearney - The Ten Thousand (Book Review)
McCain started off his campaign stacking his long resume against what he characterized as the meager accomplishments of slick talking Ivy League upstart. Capitol Hill Blue - The oldest political news site on the Internet
Many prefer a familiar authority figure to a young upstart.
The company has led the field to such an extent, and has produced so much good work over the last decade that has not been rewarded with Oscars, that I thought it a little sad that the first award went to the upstarts.

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Was last night as close as the upstart governor will ever get to beating the patrician Senator?
The woman on the left (who looks a bit like Téa Leoni, I think) is obviously being confronted with some entitled upstart (look at that nose in the air!) and is on the point of delivering a well-deserved set-down. August 2007
For the moment then, the TV executive who discriminated against me because of my plebeian roots is probably safe to continue discriminating against other cheeky upstarts.
The media's role in exposing his unfortunate behaviour and upstart arrogance has been highly commendable.
It is a relentless satire on the town's citizens, who are depicted as upstarts clambering up the social ladder despite their patent inadequacy.
Rather, it's very clear that Will cut the line because it was an inconvenient impediment to his journalistic goal, which was to portray Webb as a "boor" who was rude to the Commander in Chief, and to show that this new upstart is a threat to Washington's alleged code of "civility and clear speaking" (his words). George Will Distorts WaPo's Own Reporting To Smear Jim Webb
Bastions of old boy networking and the occasional social upstart, they epitomise everything that makes me cringe about Oxford.
A newspaper holds a 700 mile horse race, and the usual suspects apply: the comely lady of the night, the young upstart, the grizzled veteran and, err, the animal advocate?
However, one upstart Edinburgh-based investment boutique has been blowing these time-honoured traditions away.
Complaint Department: What a pity is it that I, so aged and crafty, am ignorant of this young upstart who haunts my every step! [AKICILJ] for forty days and forty night they rode through red blood to the knee
While not a huge surprise it was the second time Dagong had downgraded the U.S. its timing and prescience were seemingly a feather in the cap of the upstart rater.
The DJ lineup is pretty impressive too: right now, they don't come much hotter than Bristol future house upstart Julio Bashmore and renowned disseminator of bass-heavy R&B mash-ups Hudson Mohawke. Clubs picks of the week
These upstarts made a sales pitch tuned to our anti-ESF prejudices, promising "human class size," "conviviality" and "a warm welcome. Skiing Without the Lift
Linguistic usage is a market whose purity would delight the heart of the crabbiest libertarian, brutally culling the weak and perpetuating the strong, but never discriminating against the young upstart. Should you use jargon in your Focus leaflets?
The guitarist leader plays with the intelligent spark of an upstart and the relaxed confidence of a veteran.
Hardly an upstart, Maho Bay is instead a pioneer in small-scale, tent-based ecotourism.
Surely the giant Sorcerer is not afraid of four more upstart pipsqueaks. Where is Eddie?
Those kids worked to get where they are, remember, and modern educational theory won't stand for that sort of upstart presumption.
This upstart has been getting his pert little nose in our affairs a little too often I think.
They've played some games at the new Prudential Center in Newark, home of the NHL New Jersey Devils, and next year, they'll be rather riddlingly be joining the upstart Great West Conference, that will include Independents Utah Valley, Chicago State, Texas-Pan American, Houston Baptist, North and South Dakota. SLAM Online
Many prefer a familiar authority figure to a young upstart.
Why go for a titchy little upstart with a tiny little brain who can chirp a few notes when you can have a full, two sided conversation with a beautiful, handsome, glossy black raven?
San Francisco literati are still talking about an incident a couple of years ago when upstart author Stephen Elliott (New York Literary Lion finalist and author of "The Adderall Diaries") threw a full glass of beer on Zyzzyva magazine founder and editor, the estimable Howard Junker, after he said into the microphone with calm conviction: "Stephen Elliott has no literary merit whatsoever. Jane Ganahl: Reading as a Spectator Sport
Our women it seems have left their homes on some pretence of Bacchic worship, and are now gadding about on the wooded mountain slopes, dancing in honour of this upstart god, Dionysus
Case was first elected to the U.S. House in 2002 but gave up his seat to mount an upstart, intraparty primary bid against Akaka. Ex-congressman Ed Case jumps into Hawaii Senate race
And by some huge noncoincidence, an upstart telecom company has emerged with a business plan that mirrors those requirements. Political Favors at the FCC
Numerous art historians responded to Hockney's proposal with suspicious stupefaction, as if this avant-garde upstart were accusing the old masters of painting by numbers.
The upstart company owns cemeteries in California, Missouri and Kansas, as well as a plot of Web space.
So, just who are these upstarts from Clarinbridge?
Lydia wasn't about to suffer this indignity at the hands of an upstart brat of a girl.
It will take more than the youth vote sweep the upstart party to power.
Many prefer a familiar authority figure to a young upstart.
As we speak, Esperanto is being corrupted by upstart languages.
Certainly, it appeared that she had conceded defeat to the new generation of upstarts when she launched herself as a children's author last year, all horn-rimmed glasses and demure frock.
No, Iron Chef is a Japanese cooking programme overdubbed by Americans in which young upstart chefs challenge one of the four champion cookaneers - masters in Japanese, French, Italian and Chinese cuisine.
The most exciting exhibition in Venice is an unsanctioned upstart: the unofficial Italian pavilion.
What an insignificant topic ... what someone's VP pick said about someone's non-VP pick ... what an upstart said about a dynast ... Flashback: Palin Said She Didn't Like Hillary's "Whining"
Why did the little upstart question me, San Filieu thought. METAPLANETARY
A Green Party that refuses to build bridges with allies outside of its own confines is destined to doom - as so many previous third-party upstarts learned.
Many prefer a familiar authority figure to a young upstart.
The Hill is an upstart competitor that's a little edgier.
Maybe that's hypocritical, and maybe it's just a part of the aging process - as a once-controversial practice becomes accepted, a new group of upstarts comes along.
Was last night as close as the upstart governor will ever get to beating the patrician Senator?
Mads’s (character) Draco is the complete opposite of me, the foil, he’s the leader of these guys who want to protect the Princess and gets a little teenage upstart who believes he can do anything, ’cause he’s on a revenge mission and he’s got nothing to lose. Sam Worthington On Set Interview CLASH OF THE TITANS – Collider.com
If only the plot didn't sound so hokey: retired thief Nick Wells is running a jazz lounge when he's blackmailed into doing one more heist by a young crim upstart (Norton).
Dio lived through turbulent times: he and his fellow senators quailed before tyrannical emperors and lamented the rise of men they regarded as upstarts, and in Pannonia he grappled with the problem of military indiscipline.
Still only 23, he was in "legendarily rowdy upstarts" Les Incompetents and "legendarily doomy experimentalists" Ox. First sight: Spector
I love Post-It notes of every kind -- the giant poster-sized ones you can put on the wall, the classic yellow square one, the jazzy neon upstarts, the little inch-high ones, the brilliant tab-sized ones you can put on manilla folders. Jennie Nash: The Making of a Novel: Do You Scribble in the Margins?
IT SOUNDS like the testosterone-tinged vision of an investment banker: a little-known upstart buys its most famous rival, three times its size.
It is a charge which the upstart organisation has been quick to dispel, stressing co-operation rather than conflict.
A name more thoroughly detested is not to be found in the vocabulary of American politics, " thundered Georgia's Tom Watson, vice-presidential nominee for the upstart "People's Party" in 1896.
But then here comes Jesus, the young upstart from the boondocks who has been raising eyebrows with his persistence and skill and surprising strategies.
Even worse, the new generation of politicians within the Agrarian Alliance -- including Kekkonen, the young upstart -- who were free from the old fennoman prejudices and thus more inclined to favour Tanner's Scandinavian-oriented foreign policy over the Polish connection, had also started to regard Holsti as a useless relic of an old era. DBTL 16A: The Helsinki Syndrome
In that area, primary voters like upstarts and outsiders.
He tried to pass for a gentleman; but everyone knew he was an upstart.
Why did the little upstart question me, San Filieu thought. METAPLANETARY
Meanwhile, his Anglophile secretary of the Treasury, Hamilton, hoped he would refuse to see the upstart ambassador. The Leadership Secrets of George Washington
In today's politics it is becoming a bit more difficult as people who ought to give guidance to political upstarts are themselves in front hurling invectives.
That proved to be enough to quell the upstarts, and Teague appeared to be settling a personal score when he raced over three more times in the second half.
Last year the upstart newcomers not only won their division but won the League as well, earning the right to go up against the mighty New York Yankees in the World Series - they beat them.
Americans love a winner, and after years of muted reactions from fans and media alike here, the sisters have finally gone from being brash upstarts to all-American champions in the public imagination.
Uncertain how to identity that particular subset, I parse the group as a mix of money -- both old (Southampton's Meadow Club); and new (Bridgehampton's upstart so there Atlantic Golf Club) -- art world players; the culturati; and women who wear sheaths so tight they locomote with a little shuffle. Erica Abeel: Getting Voluptuous With Robert Wilson at His Hamptons Gala
Men give ear to an upstart astronomer who tries to show that the Earth revolves, not the Sun and the Moon.
William F. Buckley's upstart conservative magazine, National Review, made its debut in 1955 with the now-famous opening line that it "stands athwart history, yelling Stop. The Non-Economist's Economist
Murkowski was defeated in the GOP Senate primary by Tea Party upstart Joe Miller, who has adopted an avidly anti-federal government platform, a focal point that the PAC is assaulting in a barrage of negative attacks. Super PAC 'Alaskans Standing Together' Using Unlimited Corporate Donations To Help Keep Murkowski In Office
One of the latest designs to emerge from his upstart firm, the brashly named BIG Bjarke Ingels Group, this vision of a New York apartment complex has a startling profile totally at odds with the grids of crew-cut, square-shouldered towers dotting the Manhattan skyline. Building a Better Future
But be scrupulously polite to the people you criticize: A polite upstart is more tolerated than a rude one.
# posted by James Graham (Quaequam Blog!): 20 August, 2008 01: 10 quaequam postscript is much appreciated, particularly as I live in a conurbation with two universities, one oldish with (these days) lots of rich kids and the other an upstart with lots of OK kids. Universities: Schools for biologically mature children?
There are handsome buildings in Denver -- blocks that would do credit to any city under the sun; but there was for years an upstart air, a palpable provincialism, a kind of ill-disguised "previousness," noticeable that made her seem like the brisk suburb of some other place, and that other place, alas! invisible to mortal eye. Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska
As we speak, Esperanto is being corrupted by upstart languages such as Interlingua, Klingon, Java & various cryptophasic tongues.
You cannot marry that young upstart!
But Monday night will linger as a championship fight between a blueblood and an upstart, neither willing to blink. What we learned: A six-pack of March Madness knowledge
Surely the giant Sorcerer is not afraid of four more upstart pipsqueaks. Where is Eddie?
The others are parvenus and upstarts in comparison.
In the tradition of many,worthwhile and very well done clinical trials from Canada investigating various aspects of thromboembolic disease, we now have a head to head comparison between the venerable ventilation/perfusion (v/q) lung scan and the upstart CT pulmonary angio (CTPA). Randomized Trial comparing lung scan and CT angio
Uncertain how to identity that particular subset, I parse the group as a mix of money -- both old (Southampton's Meadow Club); and new (Bridgehampton's upstart so there Atlantic Golf Club) -- art world players; the culturati; and women who wear sheaths so tight they locomote with a little shuffle. Erica Abeel: Getting Voluptuous With Robert Wilson at His Hamptons Gala
However, the upstart is teh upset to this whole thing! Clinton chastises press for ignoring sexism
The leader of the pride is always aware of young upstarts who will one day usurp them.
I hear the film's negative cost is around $58 million after subsidies are realized; but because Summit always licenses its films out to distributors in territories around the globe, the upstart studio's financial exposure on the budget is only under $20 million. BOX OFFICE: 'RED' bucks Pilgrim's fate with $22M debut; 'JACKASS' wins weekend
When Microsoft reached its apex in terms of public perception and industry respect, with the launch of Windows 95, the culture inside the company still largely saw themselves as upstarts against old, proprietary behemoths. Google's Microsoft Moment - Anil Dash
McCain, war hero, American patriot will prevail against the one term upstart from Illinois with questionable personal affiliations and no experience in the international theater. McCain & Firefighters
Such terms as "falsifier," "upstart," "pretender," were freely used, and poor Newton for a time was almost in despair. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists
The first rule for every heavy favorite playing against an upstart underdog is to attack early and crush the other team's spirit as quickly as you can. Too Little, Too Late? - Real Clear Politics – TIME.com
His connections remain undecided about going on to the May 16 Preakness, preferring to take some time to see how their upstart is doing. Dream of roses becomes reality
Robert Kacher, whose industry leading French discoveries made the US market aware of such regions as Costieres de Nimes and Gascony, provided wines that were instrumental for the credibility of the upstart company. Brad Haskel: The Big Man Behind the Little Wine Company
The clues are in the songs though, these are not the words of some lily-livered upstart.
The gentry, whose family pride would vie with these _nouveaux riches_, exhausted themselves in rival profusion; all crowded to "upstart London," deserting their country mansions, which were now left to the care of "a poor alms-woman, or a bed-rid beadsman. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions
They're even worse than those of the XFL, the upstart football league that barely lasted a season south of the border.
So the Jerry and David conversations become warning sessions, not just between a ranting coot and an upstart kid but also between different generations of the same Woody.
Suddenly, nobody wanted to sell paper to an upstart little company with a lousy credit rating.
His connections remain undecided about going on to the May 16 Preakness, preferring to take some time to see how their upstart is doing. Dream of roses becomes reality
You can't marry that young upstart!
But Hefner says he does not resent upstarts that made his once raunchy publication look tame.
France has earned a reputation for stubborn arrogance in the wine world for boasting of its inimitable terroirs and millennia-old viticultural traditions, while slapping lawsuits on any upstart foreign winemaker who dares to label his tipple Champagne or Chablis. TIME.com: Top Stories
He was a new upstart and a gentleman of the first head.
Dot-com upstarts, telecomm giants, media firms, and consumer-electronics companies are far more aggressive and market savvy.
With potential applications ranging from protective gear for the military, police, and firefighters to safety seats for cars that protect against high-force impact to soundproofing, the feisty upstart is attracting the attention of big-league players such as NASA and Boeing. Batman-Like Suit Hardens into Protective Shell on Impact | Impact Lab
Much of this draws on the upstart science of happiness, which mixes psychology with economics.
The laddie from The Lakes is known as a gobby upstart with a taste for the grim things in life.
The upstart king is dead and gone; our former monarch now is prince, having made his way even from the bourn of Acheron. Heracles
To save Shaw from hell-fire, a friend prevailed on a Roman Catholic priest to catechize the upstart Atheist.
The ideal candidate would have a royal lineage and pedigree which would enhance the position of the upstart Pahlavi monarchy, as well as political connections which would help Iran's power in the region.
Despite the occasional friction between the old timers and the young upstarts, all the dancers come together for the old favourites.
Rather, it's very clear that Will cut the line because it was an inconvenient impediment to his journalistic goal, which was to portray Webb as a "boor" who was rude to the Commander in Chief, and to show that this new upstart is a threat to Washington's alleged code of "civility and clear speaking" his words. Hullabaloo
Still, with "Game Over" out of print and out of date, who will tell the saga of how Nintendo trounced upstart Sega, grappled with Microsoft's Xbox, triumphed with the Wii and now contends with casual gaming on phones? Mario's Many Fathers
While the administration aimed to "galvanize" entrepreneurs from Muslim-majority countries, these Muslim upstarts shied away from pigeon-holing into a religious or ethnic category. Infidel Bloggers Alliance
A small upstart company making a small operating system would not present much of a target to hackers, and would thus pay negligible premiums.
Despite friendly native Kuna Indians, the Spanish were angered by these upstart Scots broaching their main gold route out of South America.
I noticed that some of the upstart ash trees were already bearing seeds, and some were loaded with them.
The appearance of Bowen at this time of latent agitation for Separation and open and undisguised animosity to the "upstart collection of humpies on a mud bank in Cleveland Bay," was pleasing in the extreme. Tom Gerrard
Now he has been overtaken in sales by a younger, snappier upstart. Times, Sunday Times
As if the commoner Middletons were not worrying enough to royal scholars such as James Whitaker, there had to be a risk that Goldsmith, a property developer, might, with his record of upstart hedonism actively contaminate an occasion featuring a King of Saudi Arabia, their Tonganese highnesses and the hardly less eminent royal broadcaster, ITN's Tom Bradby. Look what you're marrying into, Kate | Catherine Bennett
However, one upstart Edinburgh-based investment boutique has been blowing these time-honoured traditions away.
All these officers who didn't really like me, who saw me as an upstart, a 'pape' and a 'short-arse', would still come to help me because I was a police officer in need of back-up. Both Sides of the Fence -A Life Under Cover
The Ubuntu 9.10 development team have started to parallelise and accelerate the boot process through the large scale use of Upstart. LXer Linux News
The upstart free Web browser Firefox nibbled away more ground from Microsoft over the past month and now has a market share of nearly 5 percent, a research firm said on Tuesday.
Before Shula led Miami to its unprecedented 17-0 season in 1972 — a feat that further blurred any perceived disparity between teams with roots in the upstart AFL and those from the buttoned-down, established NFL — he was on the losing end of another football milestone. After slow start in the AFL, Shula-led Dolphins flourished
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They tried to establish the aua of inevitability, and when faced with an upstart primary opponent, they've spread lies about him. Caroline Kennedy says Obama is like her dad.
I guess the licensing is useful for large business to restrain upstart competitors. The Volokh Conspiracy » The Solicitor General Lays an Egg
Murdoch said the energy of the iconoclastic and unconventional should not be curbed, adding: When the upstart is too successful, somehow the old interests surface, and restrictions on growth are proposed or imposed. Rupert Murdoch uses Margaret Thatcher lecture for a display of power
While not a huge surprise it was the second time Dagong had downgraded the U.S. its timing and prescience were seemingly a feather in the cap of the upstart rater.
He tried to pass for a gentleman; but everyone knew he was an upstart.
It was a wonderful afternoon, all of us upstarts, edgy and feisty, garnering the imprimatur of the venerable professor.
Miller, a middle-aged man with gray blonde hair and a compassionate face, didn't appreciate the condescending attitude of this upstart kid!
I keep wondering why the biggest document and content management companies remain asleep at the wheel while these upstarts are redefining the way that businesses will communicate.
At first, upstarts traded on their cockney origins; by the end of the decade any pop star worth his weight in velvet had acquired a stately home in the shires.
Long-running British duo Goldfrapp are renowned for their groundbreaking electro-pop albums (which arguably provided the blueprint for upstarts like La Roux), but over the years they've experimented with sounds ranging from glam rock to what can only be described as synth-folk. Be Specific: Alison Goldfrapp talks about Goldfrapp's experiments in sound

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