Etymology
Origin of upturned
Example Sentences
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Upturned cups and plates, along with a teapot and coffee server and what’s left of a kerosene heater, give the impression that court personnel evacuated with some haste as Syrian troops drew near.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2017
Upturned faces blurred, vanished from sight down the long waves.
From Time Magazine Archive
The author of And Quiet Flows the Don and The Soil Upturned stays in his native village of Veshenskaya and writes.
From Time Magazine Archive
"From somewhere about the Upturned Face," cried Frank triumphantly, "Hark!"
From The Boy Aviators in Africa by Goldfrap, John Henry
Improvement's hand hath to the dust Upturned to make frontal space For temple of more modern grace, A grander altar than of yore, The ancient "Black mouth's" knelt before.
From Recollections of Bytown and Its Old Inhabitants by Lett, William Pittman
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