How do you use Upset in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like move or confused, plus the exact meaning.
Upset in a sentence
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Upset meaning
- Angry, distressed, or unhappy
- Feeling unwell, nauseated, or ready to vomit.
Synonyms of Upset
Upset vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Upset
- The main meaning on this page is: Angry, distressed, or unhappy | Feeling unwell, nauseated, or ready to vomit.
- Useful related words include: overturn, disturbance, swage, disturb.
- Possible Dutch translations are: overstuur, van streek.
- In the example corpus, upset often appears in combinations such as: an upset, upset and, upset with.
Example sentences (20)
She got upset with every single one of us for not sticking to her vision and upset at herself for not explaining or drawing it clearly enough for us.
Asked whether the public was wrong to be upset about Partygate, when Johnson and others in Downing Street did not stick to the Covid rules they introduced, Badenoch said: “No, they were not wrong to be upset about Partygate.
The only upset occurred when Atletico Madrid beat Inter Milan, which was an exciting upset we had predicted.
If the Guatemalans decided to come and put their flag on the Sarstoon Island we get upset too, our people get upset too and so it can cause an incident and for that reason we try to discourage that from happening.
I tell college audiences, a gender, racial or ethnic slur gets you upset, but reality doesn’t get you upset.
Speaking of the Titans, this week’s national question asked whether their upset of the New England Patriots or the Vikings’ upset of the Saints was the bigger surprise from Wild Card Weekend.
He’s upset that he’s thinking like this and he’s also upset that he missed out on doing the same.
She was upset with her parents about the agreement and she got upset with Brandon for telling Callie about it because she figured Callie already hates her enough.
This will upset Ridge, but what will probably upset him more is that Brooke was in Bill’s presence in the first place.
There is risk of players' trays being mixed and upset, and the box lid, held on by friction, is subject to upset.
Upset about Enki's reputation, Uttu consults Ninhursag, who, upset at the promiscuous wayward nature of her spouse, advises Uttu to avoid the riverbanks, the places likely to be affected by flooding, the home of Enki.
A 2020 YouGov survey found that 38% of members of both parties would be upset if their child married a member of the opposing party.
According to McGiffin, she was left “upset” after being “forced” into the decision due to being unhappy with her contract.
According to those in the know of things, 82-year-old Antony, who currently holds the record of being the longest serving Defence Minister in the country, is deeply upset over a remark made by his junior colleague Jairam Ramesh.
A city council spokesperson said: "We know there has been upset around the plans for Ladywood regeneration and what that may mean for residents and their homes or businesses.
After 15 takes, they finally had one going that wasn’t upset by pedestrians or other real world elements, but then a taxi ran a red light, very nearly knocking Hoffman and Voight down as they crossed the street.
After Reading equalised in the closing stages, Hill insisted he believed Eastleigh would get another chance to cause an upset against the travelling competitors.
After the upset, Arkansas coach Eric Musselman climbed on a table and pulled off his shirt to celebrate in front of the Razorback fans.
After this, Anurag seemed upset and was heard saying that he wanted to quit the show as he could not survive.
Again, this was another match to have a match though it can be seen as an upset.
Common combinations with upset
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- an upset 20×
- upset and 13×
- upset with 12×
- upset by 12×
- and upset 11×
- upset about 10×
- upset at 9×
- upset that 9×
- upset the 9×
- be upset 8×