upturn

How To Use upturn In A Sentence

• The wide planing hull lends stability for easy shots down tough rapids, and the boat's upturned bow makes punching through big holes a cinch.
• Each evening, before retiring, the careful wife sees that a hocho, or kitchen knife, is laid upon the kitchen floor, and covered with a kanadarai, or brazen wash - basin, on the upturned bottom of which is placed a single straw sandal, of the noiseless sort called zori, also turned upside down. Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series
• Her eyes missed nothing; her dainty close-set ears heard all -- the short, dry note of a chewink, the sweet, wholesome song of the cardinal, the thrilling cries of native jays and woodpeckers, the heavenly outpoured melody of the Florida wren, perched on some tiptop stem, throat swelling under the long, delicate, upturned bill. The Firing Line
• The analysts reckon consumer demand for laptops and notepads was behind the modest upturn.
• They upturned four tubs and all the flowers were thrown about.
• What kind of upturn can we expect when this is over - vigorous or insipid? Times, Sunday Times
• At the end he upturns the bucket and a flurry of feathers rises and falls over the stage like a stream of tears.
• The violent revolution upturned the whole country.
• The shop and cafe were once a thriving business and despite a recent upturn in fortunes, a three-year period of losses have led to charity chiefs deciding it is no longer financially viable.
• Emerging from the subway to see an upturned hot-dog cart on the corner of Franklin Street.