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upwards English
Meaning upwards meaning
What does upwards mean?
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Synonyms upwards synonyms
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Topics upwards topics
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Examples upwards examples
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Simple sentences
The kite soared upwards with the swiftness of a bird.
The hedgehog's snout stretched upwards in curiosity.
Movie subtitles
Hold your hands out, palms upwards, please.
Shining upwards.
And so.upwards.and upwards. and all was cold as any stone.
Come on, onwards and upwards, there is more fun here and more kicks.!
Aim at the balloons, it's easy, onwards and upwards, people of Lugo.
Upwards to the space!
The column capitals will hold searchlights, to light up the vaulted ceiling the light travelling upwards to create that monumental architectural effect.
And hold the umbrella upwards a tiny, tiny inch higher.
Up to there is for the public, and from here upwards it is strictly private.
From here upwards now is forbidden!
Oh, a hundred million credits upwards - depends on the fittings.
Lucifer rises out of the ground, his lower half hairy as a goat, but shining like the sun from his hips upwards.
There'll be upwards of about 125 men.
Their hands are extended to me but palms upwards, for favors. Even my own sons.
Beards pointing upwards!
He is pulling her upwards.
You're still growing upwards.
First we rub gently downwards, and then upwards, and then downwards again.
Upwards, between the seventh and eighth ribs.
Dropping her crook, she leapt towards the vision. which, ever receding and ever beckoning, urged her upwards. until she disappeared into the clouds.
Sebastian Fisher extends his arms backwards, takes hold of Thea's forearms and slowly lifts her upwards.
After lunch, naughty things dipped sharply Forcing giblets upwards with the nicky nacky noo.
Take 'em upwards of days just to reprogram all that data, Colonel.
They've got upwards of a 50 cannons.
Why, I sold me a rex once that weighed upwards of 30 pounds.
Never from the bottom, always from the bottom upwards.
The tower points upwards like a threatening finger.
The path up Narayama is not a clear path, simply climb upwards and upwards, to where the god awaits you.
Onwards and upwards!
Keep it upwards.
We hear a lot about the great social mobility in America. with the focus usually on the comparative ease of moving upwards.
Yes. If the match bends upwards. Then you can look at it.
Doc, if you lift up the victim's shirt, I believe you'll find a stab wound, one inch beneath the sternum, penetrating upwards, severing the aorta.
See, with the knot upwards.
News and current affairs
Whereas some German companies persuaded workers to accept wage cuts to help weather the financial crisis, wages across the southern periphery have been marching steadily upwards, even as productivity has remained stagnant.
It is a lot easier to exit from a fixed exchange rate regime when the pressures on the currency are upwards.
Income disparities will not be fundamentally altered until the market equilibrium wage inches upwards sufficiently to create labor demand at decent wage levels.
But, in the end, he decided to interrupt his vacation and offer amounts of aid that were successively revised upwards, in a global competition which promised to benefit those who were desperate for help.
He could liberalize the exchange rate and let it float upwards, but he is not even doing that.
As for the expulsion of 50 Russian diplomats from America recently, this, of course, it is too much, although the British used to expel upwards of 100.
But now the eurozone seems incapable of escaping near-deflation, with little economic growth and prices barely moving upwards.
As for the practical responsibilities and the jurisdictions of the State, these can go into two directions: downwards or upwards.
Upwards applies to various regional, transnational or global communities or organizations.
Likewise, where else but in South Korea can you find a Christian church whose registered membership runs upwards of 800,000, and where nearly 100,000 adherents attend each of the three Sunday services every week?
If and when that point is reached, a bit of ECB intervention can initiate the long march upwards.
Upwards to be seen far and wide, highlighting to everyone that which is worth looking up to.
Upwards, across the borders of ages.
To begin to address some of the world's deepest problems, we too must lift our eyes upwards as we bow our heads in humility.