upward mobility

For fees ranging upward of $100, the officiant is the person who makes a prison marriage happen.

Both of the orator's hands swung upward and outward, and he looked intently at the ceiling.

The unsupported pump-rods fell downwards, setting in upward motion the column of water in the plunger-pole pumps.

As the organist closes his pedal, the indicator key again moves upward into its normal position.

Even Henrietta stopped eating, looked upward at the dusty ceiling, and listened for a repetition of the sound.

Pallid, Sir Lucien Pyne lay by the ebony chair glaring horribly upward.