uphill

Example Sentences

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Uphill from the swollen Wenatchee River, 62-year-old Lisa Hart sat in her recently deceased parents’ kitchen, watching friends drape a tarp over the roof.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

Uphill, a couple of inches of break from the left, Mickelson thought he had nailed it.

From BBC • Jul. 17, 2024

Uphill from Bakersfield, snowpack in the Kern watershed is at 422 percent of normal.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2023

Uphill nearly all the way at No. 7.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 6, 2022

Uphill and downhill, always against the biting cold wind and sleet, their man led them.

From The Black Star A Detective Story by McCulley, Johnston