How to use "upright" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "upright" in popular movie and book plots

  • The students and Doctor Martin Nodel are all secure against a sort of upright wall.  - The Origin of Species (The Outer Limits)
  • Years pass, and the pigs have now learned to both walk upright and wear clothes.  - Animal Farm (1954 film)
  • Kagle looks exactly like Judge Frederick Parker, an upright man who is causing Nick distress because he is entirely too honest.  - Angel on My Shoulder (film)
  • Tom pulls the carpet off the staircase to catch Jerry, but also pulls down a large upright piano.  - Heavenly Puss
  • His father (Nagesh), an upright retired school teacher, buys him a shop in a building with his PF money.  - Pori (film)
  • For much of the rest of the film, Noah's corpse remains seated upright in a living room chair with sunglasses covering his eyes.  - Tideland (film)
  • The elite guard mastered the use of swords and carried them in an unusual, upright fashion.  - Steel Dawn
  • The plot also introduces the heroine as a rather intelligent and morally upright girl who gets married to the hero through a myriad of events.  - Prathapa Mudaliar Charithram
  • The magnet remains upright as he winds up snared in the track bed.  - Beep Prepared
  • Governor Jaisingh Sinha (Raj Babbar) is a popular and prominent political figure of the state, besides being well known as an upright person.  - Gupt: The Hidden Truth
  • Arthur approaches Steward's wife (Deborah Rush), who leads him into a room with three upright cuboids of water.  - The Box (2009 film)
  • The next morning, Joseph's burnt wheelchair sits upright amid the ruins of the mansion.  - The Changeling (1980 film)
  • Police allow the Dashers to leave after Donald and Donna claim they are upright citizens caught in a bloody rampage.  - Female Trouble
  • His brother-in-law Shakthivel (Nassar), also an upright lawyer, is killed in the process of upholding justice.  - Thamizhan
  • He could not hold his head upright or control his body movements.  - My Left Foot (book)
  • Linus gently props the drooping branch back in its upright position by wrapping his blanket around the tree.  - A Charlie Brown Christmas

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