uptilt
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of uptilt
Example Sentences
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What is changed is Olive’s situation at the very close: These stringently non-Hollywood filmmakers have suggested a cheerful, almost-Hollywood uptilt for her life.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2018
The photographer has crouched at ground level to take the shot so that she looms larger than life in the frame, the defiant uptilt of her chin emphasised.
From The Guardian • Mar. 20, 2018
To this day, the legend survives that Windy City newsmen uptilt their hatbrims and race off at 45� angles.
From Time Magazine Archive
Young Francis Chenoweth never failed to follow both into whatever they planned; he was short and pink, and the uptilt of his nose was coherent with the appealing earnest-ness which was habitual with him.
From The Two Vanrevels by Tarkington, Booth
“I’ll not answer that question,” Lorinda said with a proud uptilt of her chin.
From Whispering Walls by Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine)
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