Upward

Examples

• It cannot have been upward of three hundred and seventy or eighty days. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Upward of three thousand such machines were then at work throughout the world; and one hundred and fifty million pairs of boots were then being made annually thereon. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Recently one of the writers had occasion to present to him a long typewritten document of upward of thirty pages for his approval. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Then I was compelled to change my plans and go upward in the air where real estate was cheap. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The system of filling adopted consists of a culvert in each side wall feeding laterals from which are openings upward into the lock chamber. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• That's a pity, now, Josh, said Raffles, affecting to scratch his head and wrinkle his brows upward as if he were nonplussed. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• As his arms and legs had been extended stiffly upward as he came to earth upon his back the attitude of death was anything but impressive. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Cassy drew back; and, clasping her hands, looked upward, and said, O, great Almighty God! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• And yet most of us accept as a matter of course the stream which gushes from our faucet, or give no thought to the ingenuity which devised a means of forcing water upward through pipes. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The approximate loss was upward of five hundred killed, but few of the officers escaping. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• These are again the words of Jarvis Lorry, as he clasps his hands, and looks upward. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The Gould pool had acquired control of $10,000,000 in gold, and drove the price upward rapidly from 144 toward their goal of 200. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• He thought, 'But that is very strong,' as he followed the momentary upward glance of her eyes. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• As the arm lifts upward, the pin moves along the under side of the lower arm of the rocking-lever, thus causing it to cant and shift the type-wheels to the right or left, as desired. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The air warmed by the stove is forced upward by cold air which enters from outside. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Hence, even when the plunger is moving upward, water is forced through the pipe because of the pressure of the compressed air. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The earliest way to get upward from the ground was that adopted by climbing animals in clambering up tree trunks, and by man himself in shinning up trees by aid of his arms and legs. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Instantly he elevated the planes of his machine, and his aeroplane obeyed his touch, shot upward, and flew over the Antoinette. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Licensees under Edison patents in this country alone produce upward of 60,000,000 feet of films annually, containing more than a billion and a half separate photographs. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• In fact, the good little fellow had become alarmingly limp, and his senses seemed to be rapidly escaping, from the knees upward. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Until I die, my dearest sister, I shall see you always before me, pointing upward! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Langley had adopted wings that slanted upward from the point at which they joined, copying the wings of a soaring buzzard. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• In modern times the art of building has had such an upward trend that edifices looming far into the air, hotels, stores, apartment houses, office buildings, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He lay on his back, with his teeth set, his right hand clenched on his breast, and his glaring eyes looking straight upward. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The upward struggle of the English democracy to education, to political recognition, had no Irish counterpart. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Holy men have bidden penitents like you to hasten their path upward by penance, self-denial, and difficult good works. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Upon it there are a great many small teeth, wide set in a row, answering to the height of the ears of corn (wheat), and turned upward at the ends. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• For a long time he gazed upward at it, and then in an attempt to get nearer to it he rested his knee upon a wooden bracket on the wall. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• To give the ship an upward or a downward movement the plane on which the ship rests was provided with a weight adapted to slip back and forth on a cable underneath the balloon shell. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• So low she was crouching now that she seemed flattened to the earth except for the upward bend of the glossy back as it gathered for the spring. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

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