upper

Example Sentences

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Its upper floors stand ripped open to the sky, concrete hangs in jagged slabs and a smoke-blackened staircase disappears into darkness.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

“He’s barely 17 and getting to the upper 90s. He’s more polished, plus he’s a lefty.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

Her caged parakeet in the upper corner stares back at us, acknowledging our voyeurism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

McMaster and several other creative colonels, who, at least for a little while, turned around both the Iraq War and the upper echelons of the U.S.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

I felt a layer of sweat break out on my upper lip.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen