Sentence for upon | Use upon in a sentence

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• This devolves upon you. (10)
• I doted upon the town-hall. (2)
• Reflect upon the mournful gap! (10)
• The world charges it upon her. (10)
• I spit upon their polluted cheeks! (10)
• Yet its influence was still upon me. (8)
• I saw the idea come suddenly upon you. (10)
• She turned a face of ashes upon Robert. (10)
• But think of your Beppo who spies upon me! (10)
• At once Mrs. Doria pounced upon the pension. (10)
• This terminated the colloquy upon that topic. (22)
• The gracious glory of heaven fell upon his soul. (10)
• Upon my word, he seems tolerably careless of his treasure. (10)
• Upon this point the experience of Captain Abrane has a value. (10)
• One who is intent upon an evil end is open to expose his plan. (10)
• A pitiable and cruel reception for a woman upon such a mission! (10)
• Upon the threshold an icy feeling of ultimate decision came over her. (12)
• Local authorities look with such an evil eye upon the strolling artist. (2)
• My excuse for dwelling upon him is, that he holds the link of my story. (22)
• We sat with Papa two hours before any idea of his meaning dawned upon us. (10)
• Dr. Middleton brought his nod down low upon the phrase he had anticipated. (10)
• It was then that his touch upon Bank money began to intoxicate him strangely. (22)
• It came upon her as a surprise that one like herself should be allowed to live. (10)
• I must be extremely delicate, and calculate upon what they would accept from me. (10)
• The question seemed to turn his thoughts back upon himself to dispiriting effect. (9)
• They re-enter the parlor, and the roar of the train announces that it is upon them. (9)
• Vernon and De Craye retired upon the arrival of the wine; and Dr. Middleton sipped. (10)
• Her body lying still upon the bed here was a soul borne onward by the river of Death. (10)
• Dr. Middleton began upon it, not I. I was unaware, when I came, that it was a refusal. (10)
• Oscar Lowanda has been the only person to improve materially upon former equestrian acts. (21)
• Triscoe nervously crushed a biscuit in his hand, as if to expend a violent impulse upon it. (9)
• The language they had fallen upon was mystical, scarce intelligible to other than themselves. (10)
• Thus has the plenary purse Done often: to do will engage Anew upon all of thy like, or worse. (10)
• She gave a start, as though something were snapping within her, and turned cold eyes upon him. (12)
• It seemed preposterous to him that he should take a cab, when he had not settled upon a scheme. (10)
• So, to cut the story short, execution was done upon Berthold by my hand, for an act of treachery. (10)
• At a short remove upon the same temporary platform was an officer in the uniform of his rank, armed. (1)
• Up and down in the fog, hour after hour, knowing her time was upon her; and at last to be told that! (8)
• But do not insist upon my being very agreeable, for my heart, you know, will be some forty miles off. (4)
• Cast-iron bases are preferred to the wooden one, when the column is to set upon a masonry porch floor. (17)
• It had been decided upon that evening, his preliminary sketches having been received enthusiastically. (13)
• She does not depend upon his coming so much as I do: but she does not know the parties so well as I do. (4)
• A valiant skiff upon a sea of enemies, he was having it on the nob, and suddenly the Demerara lightened. (10)
• Without stirring she gazed with him out into the darkness, and then laid a ghostly hand upon his shoulder. (12)
• And she dropped upon the bench at which she faltered, and rested there, as if from the exhaustion of running. (9)
• But even more conservative were the fishermen, intent upon their floats, who let us go by without one glance. (2)
• Not until nigh upon the close of his history did she return, full-statured and embraceable, to Victor Radnor. (10)
• The case occurred in old days now and again, sometimes, upon imagined provocation, more furiously than at others. (10)
• But I have not come to talk to you upon that subject, for then you would probably want to do all the talking yourself. (9)
• The sleeper saw the morning upon that corpse when light struck his eyelids, and he awoke like a man who knew no care. (10)
• If this assumption of official authority did not awe Clementina, at least it put a check upon her headlong self-sacrifice. (9)
• Never did man wield so shrieking a scourge upon vice, but his consummate self-mastery is not shaken while administering it. (10)
• Upon this condition they consented to the glamour which he had for her, and which was evident to every one probably but him. (9)
• When they had turned their heels on the shop, Jacopo made a face at Johann; Johann swung round upon Angelo, and met a smile. (10)
• Across the tracks of rimy tan, Some busy thread at whiles would shoot; A limping minnow-rillet ran, To hang upon an icy foot. (10)
• I say, at that period, upon the recommendation of friends of high standing, I began to agitate for the restitution of my rights. (10)
• Her trick of caricature, whenever she dealt with adversaries, was active upon the three persons under observation of the windows. (10)
• I do not know whether the Spaniards themselves rank Valdes with Galdos or not, and I have no wish to decide upon their relative merits. (9)
• My English tongue admonishes me that I have fallen upon a tone resembling one who uplifts the finger of piety in a salon of conversation. (10)
• Their holiday was over, to be sure, but their bliss had but began; they had entered upon that long life of holidays which is happy marriage. (9)
• He was near upon indulging in a fit of terror; but the impolicy of it withheld him from any demonstration, save an involuntary spasmodic ague. (22)
• Something of the chivalrous restraint he put upon the motions of his heart, sprang from the shadowy awe which overhung that impressible organ. (22)
• However, the built-in bathtub is far superior to the old-fashioned tub which stood upon legs, and under which all manner of dirt could collect. (17)
• Aunt Lisbeth had begun upon the dragon with her usual method, and was soon wandering through skeleton halls of the old palatial castle in Bohemia. (10)
• As we passed the school-house door, three dear, pretty maids in white gowns and white slippers stood on the steps and gently smiled upon our company. (9)
• Recovering, however, upon the instant, she grasped the letter she had just laid down, and, having crushed it between her fingers, threw it into the fire. (6)
• After incessant doubling here and there, listening to footfalls, and themselves eluding a chase which their suspicious movements aroused, they came upon the Rhine. (10)
• Consequently, after a most thorough destruction and cleansing of his effects, Dr. Greydon insisted upon taking Roderick Barclugh to Dorminghurst to recuperate his depleted body. (18)

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Definition of upon:

• upon, up-on’, prep. on, in an elevated position. | adv. on.(0)

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