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Example sentences for "stood upright"

  • He stood upright, placing the Baby between himself and the near 'shore and blew a blast on the bugle, discovering the Indian who had fired the shot as he did so, with the smoking gun still in his hand.

  • He stood upright in the water and shouted cheerfully.

  • Paul complied with their request and stood upright in the water and drifted quietly along.

  • Desborough, who had risen from the stern at his approach, stood upright in the centre, his companion still paddling at the bows; and between these two a singular contest now ensued.

  • It was bulkier than a man, and though it stood upright, its head was that of a beast.

  • He stood upright, for the most part, shouting as he lashed his horses, for the Castilian is not as a rule merciful to his beasts, and as the road had been lately mended in places with broken lava the carriage jolted painfully.

  • He recovered himself, stood upright for a moment, gave a queer spluttering cough, and sat slowly down against a boulder.

  • Then he stood upright, and indicated by a pleasant smile that no one need feel embarrassed, that in fact this meeting was most opportune.

  • Then he stood upright, and slowly rubbing his hands together looked at Julia with the humorous twinkle lurking in his eye and its companion dimple twitching in his lean cheek.

  • Then he stood upright, and in the dim light his face shone as if he had dipped it in water.

  • Uzali climbed up Russell like a cat and wormed his way through the broken woodwork until he stood upright in the place where plants had once grown.

  • For a long time he bent over the bed, but at last he stood upright drawing a long breath.

  • Soon he stood upright as if he had completed his task and then he connected the irregular row of pegs with the string.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    both arms; far better; her life; intermediate forms; quite soft; shall quote; sheer force; stood away; stood before; stood beside; stood like; stood looking; stood motionless; stood quite; stood ready; stood silent; stood stock; stood upright; stood very; straight ahead; subsequent events; tell truth; the tent; thrown upon; vertebrate animals; when fully