faceup
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of faceup
Example Sentences
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The remains there, labeled Skeleton 4926, had been buried faceup, hands crossed in front, in a cemetery of a roadside settlement in a onetime Roman province that is now Fenstanton, Cambridgeshire.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2023
He then headed to Clifton, who was lying faceup at the base of a large pile of sticks.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2023
Just don’t have it out faceup on the table.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2018
A faceup jumper by Blatche over Cousins bounced out and stopped his run of consecutive baskets at 10, but the Kings closed only within 2 before the Nets built rebuilt their lead.
From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2012
She flips them over, one at a time, laying them faceup in an elaborate pattern across the table, some overlapping and others in rows, until there are about a dozen cards laid out.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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