Examples of upend in a Sentence
He upended the bicycle to fix its flat tire.
I upended the bucket to use as a stool.
The security inspector upended my bag and dumped everything out.
A giant wave upended the surfers.
The midfielder was upended before he got the ball.
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Dan Pontefract, Forbes.com, 1 Apr. 2025
The notion would require repealing or amending the 22nd Amendment—a move that would upend years of presidential tradition.
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Any one of the Trump administration’s attacks on research universities, let alone all of them together, could upend the college experience for millions of Americans.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2025
The Supreme Court also issued a decision in 2023 limiting the use of race as a factor in admissions, upending decades of affirmative action programs used by U.S. institutions.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 28 Mar. 2025
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Dan Pontefract, Forbes.com, 1 Apr. 2025
The notion would require repealing or amending the 22nd Amendment—a move that would upend years of presidential tradition.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
Any one of the Trump administration’s attacks on research universities, let alone all of them together, could upend the college experience for millions of Americans.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2025
The Supreme Court also issued a decision in 2023 limiting the use of race as a factor in admissions, upending decades of affirmative action programs used by U.S. institutions.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Upend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/upend. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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upend
verb
up·end
ˌə-ˈpend 
: to set, stand, or rise on end
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