How to Use upward in a Sentence

upward

1 of 2 adverb

• The road gradually rose upward.
• She directed my gaze upward.
• They are moving upward socially and economically.
• Don’t give up; this is just the start of a bull run—forward and upward!
  — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Dec. 2023
• The torque starts low in the rev range and pours on smoothly and sweetly as the tach swings upward.
  — Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 19 Aug. 2023
• Then twist and gently lift the apple upward to release the stem from the branch.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Aug. 2023
• If the trend upward continues, 2023 could turn into one of the hottest years on record, the UN claims.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 31 July 2023
• The valves in the veins of your legs, which keep blood flowing upward to your heart, collapse a little.
  — Amanda Gardner, Health, 28 Nov. 2023
• But in the seven years since that stage pairing in San Diego, both of their careers have been on the fast track upward.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2023
• The cost of health care has marched steadily upward even as life expectancy in the U.S. has declined.
  — Byjohn Kell, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2024
• Winds gust upward of 30 to 40 mph, west to east, as low pressure makes its closest pass.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2023
• Note that the 50-day moving average may be about to turn upward.
  — John Navin, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
• The upper block moves upward relative to the lower block.
  — Júlia Ledur, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2023
• For the past three years, crime rates in some U.S. cities appeared bleak: Rates of homicides and shootings, long on the decline, ticked upward.
  — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 30 Mar. 2023
• Grab the bar from the front by reaching, jumping, or lifting your body upward with your shoulder blades pulled down and back.
  — Jacqueline Andriakos, Health, 13 Mar. 2024
• The view counter began to tick upward as comments poured in from people cheering her on.
  — Madison Malone Kircher, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2023
• In response, the lanky, twitchy Sparks leans back on his heels, squints upward and tastes the air, tucking his thumbs into the waist of his pants like a prospector.
  — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2023
• Here, an inky tile backsplash refracts sunlight, and a Pepto-pink shade on the walls and ceilings works to move the eye upward.
  — Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 7 Mar. 2023
• Be sure to use clean tweezers to grasp the tick as close to the skin’s surface as possible and pull upward with steady, even pressure.
  — Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 16 July 2023
• Socha told me he’s been noticing people whose toes don’t touch the ground, and instead are slanted upward.
  — Laura Lancaster, Outdoor Life, 11 Apr. 2024
• The tick upward to 0.8% doesn’t tell the whole story, because the index decreased in five of the previous seven months.
  — Alicia Wallace, CNN, 11 Aug. 2023
• Temperatures probably don’t move upward a lot during the day, with highs in the low to mid-50s or close to that.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2023
• Bird-of-paradise plants are known for living upward of 50 years with the proper care and in the right growing conditions.
  — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 3 Sep. 2023
• Rotate torso toward left side and bring left hand to hip, turning gaze upward, and hold.
  — Madeline Howard, Women's Health, 23 Feb. 2023
• Many playgrounds of the past were dangerous, with ladders climbing upward of 20 feet to rusty slides with no rails.
  — Athena Aktipis, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
• Not only did the program trend upward as the season went on, but the team appears to be continuing to do so this fall.
  — Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 11 Sep. 2023
• Pre-school content has dipped from previous years, while Young Adult fare has notched upward.
  — Ben Croll, Variety, 19 Sep. 2023
• Transfer slices to muffin cups, ensuring the edges are cupped upward.
  — Christopher Michel, Country Living, 27 Feb. 2023
• Throughout history, humans have gazed upward and been cowed by the sheer vastness of the universe.
  — Simon Henriques, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2023
• The package contained enough sperm to fertilize upward of 1,500 eggs.
  — Katie Weeman, Scientific American, 29 Sep. 2023

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upward

2 of 2 adjective

• Note the recent upward spikes shown in the chart above for the 10-Yr.
  — Robert Barone, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2023
• During the test, the plane nosed up at the end of the runway thanks to upward shockwaves.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 18 Jan. 2023
• First, if the boat is floating, then the upward buoyancy must be equal to the weight of the boat.
  — WIRED, 28 July 2023
• That sparked an upward trend for Perine from that point on.
  — Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 17 Dec. 2022
• Hale said the takeaway from the meeting was that the upward adjustments from the Fed haven’t ended.
  — Anna Bahney, CNN, 28 Sep. 2023
• If the upward trend continues, maybe round three will have eight?
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 12 Dec. 2022
• Manuel is on an upward trend in terms of her performance.
  — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 18 Jan. 2023
• But by 2022, most of the world was back on the upward path, pushing life expectancy to a new global high.
  — Marshall Ingwerson, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Dec. 2023
• That would be more than enough to bring down the road and railway above, which were not built to withstand upward pressure.
  — David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 16 Aug. 2023
• Flight prices have been on a steep upward trend since the Chiefs and the 49ers won their respective championships on Jan. 28.
  — Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 3 Feb. 2024
• On the whole, the path of prices across American history is an upward march.
  — Jim Tankersley, New York Times, 7 Nov. 2023
• On March 5, the price of the cryptocurrency swelled to a record high—and has continued its upward march.
  — Joel Khalili, WIRED, 12 Mar. 2024
• How can stocks be in an upward trend with so much anxiety?
  — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 18 June 2023
• Use your fingers to apply upward pressure along the cheekbones and at the inner edge, middle, and ends of the brows.
  — Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, 24 Jan. 2023
• Unlike a cat-eye, which is applied with a slight upward turn, Sasstrom dragged the liner straight out from the corner.
  — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 9 Sep. 2023
• The march grows in attendance and scope each year, Floyd said, and Monday continued the upward trend.
  — Heather Bushman, The Indianapolis Star, 19 June 2023
• The upper tusks can curl back into the animal’s face, while the lower tusks curl in upward motion and away from the babirusa’s head.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 4 Jan. 2024
• The graph of gold’s price that flashed on the screen was upward and basically vertical.
  — Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 12 Feb. 2024
• The Fed’s rate hikes have done little to cool a red-hot US job market, which has put upward pressure on wages, and as a result, prices.
  — Matt Ott, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Mar. 2023
• Kelly raised his rifle high and fired at an upward angle until the group left.
  — Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 23 Mar. 2024
• But other extreme weather events are not causing the same upward curve in deaths.
  — Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 31 Aug. 2023
• And there’s the upward pushing force from the floor—but really, that just prevents the system from falling down below the level of the floor.
  — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 17 Feb. 2023
• However, the win continued an upward trend from the Blazers (20-22) in their last three games.
  — oregonlive, 14 Jan. 2023
• Perform quick, upward thrusts until the item is expelled.
  — Stacey Colino, Parents, 20 Sep. 2023
• Coming out of the 15-spot, Brown had an upward climb to the finals for a chance to become a back-to-back U.S. Nationals champion.
  — Chloe Peterson, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Sep. 2023
• Sunday’s final continued the upward trend in TV viewing for the 2022 World Cup.
  — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2022
• When to apply: Apply to a clean face and neck in the morning and/or evening using upward smoothing movements.
  — Jasmine Gomez, Women's Health, 9 Sep. 2023
• As a hurricane approaches the coast, water that has been piled up in the center flows outward toward the shore and is blocked by the upward slope of the ocean floor.
  — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023
• The most common cause of upward cupping of leaves is a reaction to drought, and this is true both of redbud trees and cucurbits.
  — oregonlive, 16 July 2023
• The consumption rate is an upward sliding scale that’s based on how much a customer uses per month.
  — Paul Gattis | [e-mail], al, 19 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024