upend
verb (used with object)
to set on end, as a barrel or ship.
upends
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present tense formof upend (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Co-founder Sergey Brin sometimes upends the formal compute allocation process, reshuffling power around to projects that he thinks are important, according to people familiar with the matter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
“It’s kind of an investment that you can’t really get to without either borrowing against it or selling, which then upends your life. For me, it just doesn’t feel like it’s liquid enough.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Whether the Lucas Museum upends the art world may depend less on whether other museums adopt its philosophy than on whether audiences embrace the connections it attempts to draw.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
"It really upends a theory that says that symbolic rule induction is not possible without linguistic capacities," says Kean.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
The Gefreiter drags a padlocked sack from beneath his table, unthreads a chain from its throat, and upends it onto a velvet-lined tray.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
