How to Use upend in a Sentence

upend

verb

• I upended the bucket to use as a stool.
• A giant wave upended the surfers.
• He upended the bicycle to fix its flat tire.
• The midfielder was upended before he got the ball.
• The security inspector upended my bag and dumped everything out.
• The result doesn’t just upend the rest of the NFL playoffs, with the favorite now out of the picture.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 23 Jan. 2022
• What’s the next move for the right-wing Supremes in their attempts to upend everything?
  — Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2024
• On top of all that, a force of nature is threatening to upend their lives.
  — Jen Yamato, Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2024
• Training for a run like that would take months and upend normal life.
  — Christopher Solomon, Outside Online, 16 May 2022
• Still, the high cost of child care has upended the careers of even those with college degrees.
  — Moriah Balingit, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2024
• That this was the guy that could ... upend electoral history.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
• Much has been made of how Gen Z is upending food and beverage norms.
  — Kate Bernot, Bon Appétit, 16 Oct. 2024
• Counting out a partner might upend your whole life plan.
  — Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2024
• Early on in the movie, Vikander’s Virginia upends the household.
  — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2024
• And that shows just how much Trump has helped distort and upend the Republican Party's sense of right and wrong.
  — Joel Mathis, The Week, 22 Apr. 2022
• Yet a massive change is afoot that threatens to upend this supply chain and jolt prices for sweets, skin-care products and herbal medicines.
  — Mumbi Gitau, Fortune Europe, 27 Feb. 2024
• For decades, threats to the U.S.-led order were limited to a handful of rogue states with little power to upend it.
  — Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
• The lawsuit could upend the process of awarding Virginia's 12 electoral votes to Harris.
  — Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
• The most recent numbers seemed to upend that hope, with prices rising for goods across the board, led by sharp jumps in the costs of energy and groceries.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2022
• Inevitably, of course, the 1990s is about the arrival of new media technologies that would upend our lives in endless ways large and small.
  — oregonlive, 31 Jan. 2022
• The new research upends these ideas, suggesting the forts were more likely built to support trade and travel.
  — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2023
• The move threatens to upend $400 million worth of business for Nvidia, according to the filing.
  — Michelle Toh, CNN, 1 Sep. 2022
• His ability to self-fund a campaign will upend a field that appeared to be complete.
  — Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2022
• The past two years have shown just how badly a disease that originated in wildlife can upend the human world.
  — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 7 Apr. 2022
• And while Joe Biden plans to run for reelection, a twist of fate could upend the 2024 race and send Democrats scrambling to enter a primary.
  — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 25 Feb. 2023
• For state scientists who have been working to help salmon, the Park fire could upend their long-term strategy.
  — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2024
• Audi upends its naming scheme (again), and Porsche plans more engines.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2025
• The banks and other card issuers that reap some of those fees have argued that changing the routing rules could upend the credit-card business.
  — Annamaria Andriotis, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2022
• The streaming service is not meant to upend the company’s deals with the traditional TV bundle, Murdoch said.
  — Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
• In the first two weeks of the administration, the group has upended federal agencies and urged workers to resign in order to reduce costs.
  — Kate Conger, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 27 Feb 2025