How to Use upheaval in a Sentence

upheaval

noun

• The island was created by an upheaval of the ocean floor.
• The lake was formed by geologic upheaval.
• The civil rights movement marked a period of social upheaval in the U.S.
• Her life was a mess, a loop of false starts, deferred plans and upheaval.
  — Lizzie Presser, ProPublica, 29 Nov. 2022
• The shift comes at a time of upheaval for the luxury e-commerce space.
  — Noor Lobad, WWD, 9 Sep. 2024
• And so all of these places of upheaval were sending people out, away.
  — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Feb. 2024
• For many, this period of upheaval came with both pros and cons.
  — Sally Percy, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
• The fifth fair took place in 1967, a year of seismic cultural upheaval.
  — Gillian Bagwell, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Sep. 2023
• The sudden upheaval in Cadillac-think stems from two sources.
  — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 10 Feb. 2023
• All of that upheaval and left OSU even farther away from Michigan on the scoreboard.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 27 Nov. 2022
• Then, in 1332 B.C.E., Tutankhamun ascended the throne at the age of eight or nine to preside over a nation in upheaval.
  — Zach Zorich, Scientific American, 4 Nov. 2022
• At the start of 2023, the U.S. housing market was still in a state of upheaval, but experts were optimistic that the tides were turning.
  — Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Jan. 2024
• There was, however, a fair bit of upheaval in the most recent rankings.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2023
• But the book also details Ford’s life after the confirmation: the death threats, the upheaval, the backlash.
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2024
• Musk’s short time leading the company has been marked by upheaval.
  — Rachel Lerman, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2022
• But at times of economic upheaval, such as during the pandemic, the gap between the two can widen.
  — David Harrison, WSJ, 14 Jan. 2023
• By once again raising rates, Miller said, the Fed appears to be taking the stance that the banking sector upheaval will be contained.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 22 Mar. 2023
• The roster of leaders of member countries reflects a time of unease and upheaval on both sides of the Atlantic.
  — Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2024
• Politics Beckons The civil rights movement brought upheaval to the South in the early 1960s.
  — Katharine Q. Seelye, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2023
• Looking through their findings, one thing’s for sure: from the threat of war to the impact of AI, there is a lot of upheaval and uncertainty on the horizon.
  — Bywill Daniel, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2023
• Apart from the emotional upheaval, Watts is struggling to pay the medical and legal bills that have mounted in the past few months.
  — Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023
• One thing that seems clear to me is that the kind of upheaval playing out in the country of my birth would be almost unthinkable in America.
  — Catherine Poisson, CNN, 23 Mar. 2023
• This part of West Africa has experienced profound upheaval since the last full-scale Flintlock took place in 2020.
  — John Ismay Kenny Holston, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2023
• The district also has been the scene of political upheaval.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Dec. 2023
• India’s new citizenship law sparks anger and unrest The upheaval left the law’s fate in limbo.
  — Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
• New Zealand straddles the boundary of two tectonic plates and as a result is in a constant state of upheaval.
  — Bill Morris, Discover Magazine, 24 Apr. 2023
• Tuesday’s council races took place at a time of serious upheaval at City Hall.
  — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2022
• All three upheavals were caused by the same group, Climate Defiance, which a now-30-year-old activist named Michael Greenberg founded in the spring.
  — Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2023
• Four years after the upheavals of 2020, the national crime wave has largely subsided, and so have the anti-police slogans.
  — Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
• The roughly minute-and-a-half preview (below) teases scheming, murder, and plenty of upheaval as members of the Dutton family pursue their competing interests.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024