sit bolt upright

Idioms  

1. see bolt upright.

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Example Sentences

I have watched Holmes sit bolt upright at the defense table as her lawyers slowly wilt.

From The Verge • Dec. 9, 2021

I sit bolt upright to read carefully through magazines like Interweave Knitting and The Knitter with a stack of small Post-It notes and a pen close by.

From Slate • Feb. 9, 2018

But later when I was in law school and having interviews, you could not believe how many people would sit bolt upright in their chairs when they heard I’d been on the committee.

From Washington Post • Jun. 14, 2017

Those words, uttered in Teesside tones by his engineer Rob Smedley, must make Massa sit bolt upright in bed in a cold sweat.

From The Guardian • Dec. 28, 2010

I sit bolt upright in my seat and suck air as if I'd been drowning.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King