Synonym: up, upward, upwardly. Similar words: upward, upwardly, upwardly mobile, backwards and forwards, towards, onwards, forwards, inwards. Meaning: adv. 1. spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position 2. to a later time.
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91. Waggle the joystick like mad to move the bird upwards, get off and work your way up to the ghost.
92. He waved and grinned at her and jerked a thumb upwards.
93. Lucy's firm small hand cupped her chin and drew her face upwards.
94. Corms should be two inches below ground, indented side upwards.
95. Foremost among provincial towns were a handful of regional capitals with populations upwards of five or six thousand.
96. I force my forearm beneath his chin and thrust it upwards.
97. He pushed the bottom half of the window upwards and swung one leg over the sill.
98. He lit one of the cigars which he smoked nonstop and blew rich smoke upwards.
99. Inserting his left hand, Grant took a firm grip and heaved upwards.
100. The photographer's glance alights on small details of foliage or suddenly sweeps upwards to the open sky.
101. In other words, an increase in expected inflation of 5 percentage points shifts the Phillips curve upwards by 5 percentage points.
102. This is demonstrably untrue; the number of direct actions continues in an upwards spiral.
103. A good lucky dip, to please the sixes and upwards.
104. They will not be able to because, when you restart, you do not place one cup face upwards.
105. This is caused by condensation in the air which moves upwards as the temperature at lower altitudes rises.
106. A High Court hearing can be very expensive as barristers usually have to be used - anything from ￡10,000 upwards.
107. The door flew upwards and the light from the lock-up garage flooded the street, exposing Norman's secret to the world.
108. With his other hand, he caught Tolby by the neck and pushed upwards against the chin.
109. More than 400 competitors in all, from the age of 5 upwards, gave their backing to the championships.
110. Mattie pressed the automatic device on her dashboard and the garage door eased upwards for the Lincoln to slide smoothly in.
111. But socialism was doomed unless power remained on the factory floor and flowed upwards, rather than downwards.
112. As the spring compresses so the force which it exerts upwards on the astronaut increases.
113. The road that led to the hospital sloped upwards through a forest of pine trees.
114. That is, in spite of revising their reservation wages upwards, they are exiting faster in the second period than in the first period.
115. Or Kevin and Ian Maxwell, who walked free after a trial costing upwards of ￡25 million?
116. I purchased a dedicated Pentax flashgun with an adjustable flash head which could be adjusted to point straight ahead or angled upwards.
116. Sentencedict.com try its best to gather and make good sentences.
117. Inflation, if it is accommodated by central banks, spirals upwards.
118. She tilted her chin upwards and put on her loftiest expression.
119. The forces on him are no longer equal and he also starts to accelerate upwards.
120. Strangely, as they soar ever upwards, the balloons take on a mushroom-shape as if there's been a nuclear explosion beneath.
More similar words: upward, upwardly, upwardly mobile, backwards and forwards, towards, onwards, forwards, inwards, downwards, rearwards, eastwards, backwards, afterwards, stewardship, tend towards, look towards, bend over backwards, cards, boards, innards, regards, hardship, yard sale, leotards, as regards, billiards, on the cards, yardstick, mustard seed, at all hazards.