How to Use upend in a Sentence

upend

verb

• I upended the bucket to use as a stool.
• A giant wave upended the surfers.
• He upended the bicycle to fix its flat tire.
• The midfielder was upended before he got the ball.
• The security inspector upended my bag and dumped everything out.
• On top of all that, a force of nature is threatening to upend their lives.
  — Jen Yamato, Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2024
• That this was the guy that could ... upend electoral history.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
• Yet a massive change is afoot that threatens to upend this supply chain and jolt prices for sweets, skin-care products and herbal medicines.
  — Mumbi Gitau, Fortune Europe, 27 Feb. 2024
• The new research upends these ideas, suggesting the forts were more likely built to support trade and travel.
  — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2023
• And while Joe Biden plans to run for reelection, a twist of fate could upend the 2024 race and send Democrats scrambling to enter a primary.
  — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 25 Feb. 2023
• The outcome could totally upend how real estate agents get paid, and how homes are sold.
  — Rachel Kurzius, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
• In the near term, things will remain red, yellow, and green, but this white light concept proves that AVs will one day upend every aspect of driving in the U.S. and throughout the world.
  — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 8 Feb. 2023
• The shield laws upend the usual telemedicine model, under which out-of-state health providers must be licensed in the states where patients are located.
  — Pam Belluck, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2024
• That leaves Decatur and Cullman to fight it out for the remaining spot - though upsets later in the season could upend this scenario. ...
  — al, 12 Sep. 2023
• People are also primed to expect surprises from the virus, and each new variant brings with it unknowns: Will this one upend our lives again?
  — Carolyn Y. Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Sep. 2023
• Those waters had upended her life, but also provided a food option — not a desirable one, but one of the few left.
  — Chico Harlan, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
• Lahaina fire upends the lives of immigrant workers as 850 people remain on the list of missing.
  — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2023
• Hughes is an All-Star for the second consecutive season and Robertson for the first time, and their emergence could upend the way the standings — and leaderboards — look for years to come.
  — Stephen Whyno, Sun Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2023
• Adult children sometimes upend their own lives to care for an aging relative.
  — Christopher Rowland, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2023
• Barlow came within one play of upending the Hawks, themselves.
  — Shane Hoffmann | , oregonlive, 24 Aug. 2023
• The finding upends previous hypotheses about the body plans of starfish and is outright surprising, even to experts.
  — Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 3 Nov. 2023
• That simple word, for her, meant exercising the very capacity to do something new, to change the rules, upend the board, and be unpredictable.
  — WIRED, 22 Sep. 2023
• The ordeal, which ended with the Brazilian’s capture early Wednesday near a tractor store about 18 miles from the prison, upended the lives of area residents.
  — Emily Wax-Thibodeaux, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2023
• In that case, there was concern among actors and writers about the business being upended by television.
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023
• The fallout from these messages would upend the next several weeks of the girl’s life, derailing her education and shaking her sense of self.
  — Dallas News, 3 Mar. 2023
• An all-too-brief moment of logical thinking is upended the second the chugging guitar kicks back in.
  — Jessica Gentile, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2023
• That means home buyers have 28% fewer homes to pick from than before the pandemic upended the US housing market.
  — Anna Bahney, CNN, 19 July 2023
• In all likelihood, then, the current crop of variants won’t upend our equilibrium.
  — Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2023
• But these annoying inconveniences can upend your schedule and leave you scrambling for a fix.
  — Laura Daily, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2024
• Gino and Jasmine’s current life as a couple seemed peaceful enough, but the presence of Jasmine’s ex, Dane, threatened to upend that completely.
  — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 25 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024