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Upmanship in a sentence

Upmanship meaning

Only used in one-upmanship

Using Upmanship

  • The main meaning on this page is: Only used in one-upmanship
  • In the example corpus, upmanship often appears in combinations such as: one upmanship.

Context around Upmanship

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 19.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 11 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

north 1×

Sentence patterns with Upmanship

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

affected one upmanship you often 1× and one upmanship 1× bitter one upmanship 1× emotional one upmanship 1× in one upmanship north korea 1× into one upmanship you like 1× it one upmanship 1× no one upmanship 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

but that hasn 1× every night you 1× govt sc conflict 1× in an exercise 1× in an interview 1× instead it s 1×

Common sentence endings:

a concentrated area 1× and one upmanship 1× bitter one upmanship 1× defiance kian observes 1× emotional one upmanship 1× it one upmanship 1×

Words around Upmanship

Just before it in the word index:

upm 3 uplus 2 uploads 71 uploading 142 uploaders 4 uploader 8

Just after it in the word index:

upmarket 117 upmc 53 upmeyer 3 upminster 4 upmost 10 upmove 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aanand 16 abcd 16 abdurrahman 16 aberdour 16 abergele 16 abg 16

Corpus analysis for Upmanship

  • In this selection, "upmanship" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 19.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, north stand out and add context to how "upmanship" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include affected one upmanship you often and and one upmanship. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "upmanship" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with upmanship

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Govt-SC conflict: is it one upmanship? (7 words)

Instead, it's been a year of slights and one-upmanship. (11 words)

But that hasn’t stopped a culture of one-upmanship for decades. (12 words)

Longer example sentences

This need is often deeply gendered: fantasy participation skews strongly male, and so do many of its auxiliary parts, from the fetishisation of arcane knowledge to the affected one-upmanship you often find in male friendship groups. (37 words)

In an exercise in one-upmanship, North Korea flaunted its military might on Thursday in a parade designed to show who’s got the real power in the North-South standoff. (31 words)

In an interview with Shubhangi Khapre, he says that тАЬpolitical upmanship by Congress, Thackeray or Sharad Pawar will not be acceptable in the given situation. (25 words)

Question examples

Govt-SC conflict: is it one upmanship? (7 words)

So, why go ahead and participate in this circus of unequal economic or emotional one upmanship? (16 words)

Example sentences (13)

Govt-SC conflict: is it one upmanship?

In an interview with Shubhangi Khapre, he says that тАЬpolitical upmanship by Congress, Thackeray or Sharad Pawar will not be acceptable in the given situation.

Various branches of the Iranian state seem to be taking part in a game of “one-upmanship” to stifle any act of defiance, Kian observes.

Every night you’d be in the bar with these folks, and there was no backbiting, no cynicism, no one-upmanship.

US ambassador to Poland Georgette Mosbacher, forgetting her diplomatic posting, added a dash of one-upmanship.

We are not looking to our elected officials for posturing, malign sound bites and bitter one-upmanship.

So, why go ahead and participate in this circus of unequal economic or emotional one upmanship?

This need is often deeply gendered: fantasy participation skews strongly male, and so do many of its auxiliary parts, from the fetishisation of arcane knowledge to the affected one-upmanship you often find in male friendship groups.

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But that hasn’t stopped a culture of one-upmanship for decades.

In an exercise in one-upmanship, North Korea flaunted its military might on Thursday in a parade designed to show who’s got the real power in the North-South standoff.

Instead, it's been a year of slights and one-upmanship.

Though you are not into one-upmanship, you like coming out a winner.

On the Las Vegas Strip there is a tradition of one-upmanship with luxurious and extravagant hotels in a concentrated area.

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Common combinations with upmanship

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "upmanship" in a sentence?
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What does "upmanship" mean?
Upmanship means: Only used in one-upmanship
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