How do you use Upturned in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like overturned or upset, plus the exact meaning.
Upturned meaning
- Turned over; inverted; capsized.
- Turned up at the end.
- Looking upwards, turned upwards.
Synonyms of Upturned
Using Upturned
- The main meaning on this page is: Turned over; inverted; capsized. | Turned up at the end. | Looking upwards, turned upwards.
- Useful related words include: overturned, upset, turned, retrousse.
- In the example corpus, upturned often appears in combinations such as: an upturned, the upturned, upturned to.
Context around Upturned
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Upturned
- In this selection, "upturned" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, unmanned, behind, david, boats, tables and kayak stand out and add context to how "upturned" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include amongst the upturned tables and and an unmanned upturned kayak was. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "upturned" sits close to words such as aditi, aegon and aerobics, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with upturned
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Roads were caked in mud, foliage and various debris, including an upturned armchair. (13 words)
Kathleen Jamie described it in a two-line aphorism: “An upturned boat/a watershed”. (14 words)
One man among the passengers became delirious as they all huddled together under the upturned boats. (16 words)
Lyon was elected Governor of Bayelsa State under the platform of the APC but his election was upturned by Supreme Court on the eve of his inauguration over inconsistencies in the credentials of his running mate. (36 words)
The scene appeared to be a continuation of what she was previously filming several weeks earlier which involved an upturned car as a crane was spotted lowering a vintage automobile upside down onto the street. (35 words)
There are four tortoises on the island: Jonathan and relative youngsters David, 54, Fred, 51, and Emma, 54. Last year David upturned Fred, who has mobility issues, after he emerged from a mud pool. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
A police search operation has ended successfully after an unmanned, upturned kayak was found in waters off Surf Beach today (Monday, December 11).
A video uploaded to social media - which is said to be taken from inside the school during the lockdown - shows doors barricaded and loud sirens ringing out, as children hide behind upturned tables.
Diminishing deformation outward from the center, a marginal syncline, and upturned beds on the periphery of the basin are also suggestive of meteor craters.
Most of the actors in are over 70. Actually, it is far from the first time that expected ages in Shakespeare plays have been upturned.
Roads were caked in mud, foliage and various debris, including an upturned armchair.
There are four tortoises on the island: Jonathan and relative youngsters David, 54, Fred, 51, and Emma, 54. Last year David upturned Fred, who has mobility issues, after he emerged from a mud pool.
Blood splatter in the floor could be seen amongst the upturned tables and chairs at the popular Turkish cafe.
Kathleen Jamie described it in a two-line aphorism: “An upturned boat/a watershed”.
My palms upturned to receive the blessing of rain, an electric, mindless happiness thrumming through my body.
Over the side, the black foil slices through the water, its upturned tip just piercing the surface.
There was this big moment every night when they’d reveal the rice by lifting an upturned bowl and the children couldn’t get over how clever it was.
The scene appeared to be a continuation of what she was previously filming several weeks earlier which involved an upturned car as a crane was spotted lowering a vintage automobile upside down onto the street.
The vehicle was reported to police around five hours later as being upturned in the middle of the road with blood around it.
Two of his migrant friends, who also lived on the beach in other upturned boats, have slipped recently onto lorries to return to France.
At the allotment I put a piece of shelving between two plastic, upturned buckets and put the seed trays on the shelf.
Here, the protagonists attempted to save themselves by getting in the Impala, only for the car to be flipped around multiple times and tossed over several yards away where it was left upturned.
Lyon was elected Governor of Bayelsa State under the platform of the APC but his election was upturned by Supreme Court on the eve of his inauguration over inconsistencies in the credentials of his running mate.
One man among the passengers became delirious as they all huddled together under the upturned boats.
Storm Leaves Upturned Trees, Damage Across The StateWires were down and people were without power across the state after a Wednesday morning storm.
Television images showed upturned boats on the shore, people wading through knee-deep water and buses crashed into each other.
Common combinations with upturned
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- an upturned 8×
- the upturned 7×
- upturned to 3×
- upturned boats 3×
- upturned tables 2×
- and upturned 2×
- being upturned 2×
- has upturned 2×