How to Use upside down in a Sentence

upside down

adverb

• You hung the picture upside down!
• The baby was holding the book upside down.
• To remove the plant, turn the pot upside down and tap gently on the bottom to loosen it.
• In the blink of an eye, our world can be turned upside down.
  — Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 21 July 2023
• But his life would be turned upside down before the end of the night.
  — April Helms, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2023
• At farms across the nation, the Dutch flag hangs upside down as a sign of protest.
  — Mike Corder, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Mar. 2023
• Place the skillet upside down on the top rack of your hot oven for one hour.
  — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 20 Nov. 2023
• Hill turned that game upside down as a rookie with the Chiefs.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2023
• Her face was scratched off, and the photo was placed upside down.
  — Beth Warren, The Courier-Journal, 17 June 2024
• But notice that the spots on the screen are upside down relative to the lights.
  — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 5 Apr. 2024
• Take a quarter, put it upside down, and stick it inside the tread.
  — Annie Gabillet, Travel + Leisure, 6 Dec. 2023
• This part of the bracket was turned upside down as the top two seeds were sent home on the first weekend.
  — Michael Arinze, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2023
• The photo shows the cellphone stuck to the lid upside down with the camera facing out.
  — Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2023
• His car came to rest, upside down, in nine feet of water.
  — Time, 29 Oct. 2022
• Sloths hang from trees and do most of their business upside down.
  — Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023
• The processes of how they’re formed on a chip must be turned upside down.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 22 Mar. 2023
• Photos of the crash site showed the bus upside down, partly crushed and emitting a plume of smoke.
  — Sammy Westfall, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023
• But the process has been almost upside down and a bit sporadic.
  — Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2024
• Start by turning the keyboard upside down and give it a good shake.
  — Ken Colburn, The Arizona Republic, 16 July 2023
• Tie the stems together and hang upside down away from light.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 20 Mar. 2023
• The names were long and silly, and the bottles were upside down, which caused leakage.
  — Jane Daly, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 Aug. 2022
• Music can soothe the savage child, and turn frowns upside down.
  — Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 25 Aug. 2023
• If dropped upside down, the box would likely spill all of its contents.
  — Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Jan. 2024
• Then, hang the cut stems upside down in a dry area with good airflow until the fruits, leaves, and stems are dry.
  — Marissa Wu, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2023
• Their joyful world is turned upside down when gloomy, mean Bergens threaten to pull the plug on all the fun.
  — Good Housekeeping, 9 Jan. 2023
• Jonathan Vigliotti: In less than 24 hours, your world was turned upside down.
  — Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2023
• Teal and navy shirts hung upside down from the windows, their arms reaching for us.
  — Lauren Depino, NPR, 28 Mar. 2024
• Tannahill, now jerked upside down, would mewl and scream and clamber down a wall.
  — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023
• The broader housing world turned upside down over the last couple of years or so mostly because of high home prices and mortgage rates; sales have been depressed to say the least.
  — Alena Botros, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024
• Two weeks later, that narrative has turned upside down.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024