Definition of uphill
1 : upward on a hill or incline
2 : against difficulties seemed to be talking uphill — Willa Cather
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Examples of uphill in a Sentence
It is easier to ride a bicycle downhill than uphill.
First Known Use of uphill
1535
Examples of uphill in a Sentence
no matter where you go bicycle touring, the uphills always seem to outnumber the downhills
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Maybe the idea of doing a lot of walking uphill on cobblestones is not your ideal vacation.
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Shaking off an equipment glitch in the furious finishing sprint, Peter Sagan bagged his eighth career Tour de France stage victory on Monday with an impressive display of power and quick-thinking on a short, sharp final uphill dash.
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Going uphill was suddenly as easy as going downhill.
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The second half would prove an uphill climb for the Sounders, down by a man.
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Many of those experiments are what tour guides at the Vortex still show today - apparent changes in height, objects appearing to roll uphill, and an unseen force that in some places seems to pull you off balance.
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The four chords of the verse each push a boulder uphill.
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There is no shade from the sun and the return trip is mostly uphill.
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According to Murphy, James & Co. face a huge uphill climb.
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First Known Use of uphill
1548
Definition of uphill
Examples of uphill in a Sentence
It has been an uphill battle for her to get an education.
an uphill battle to eradicate poverty in an area of the state that has never known anything else
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Organizers of the group, which faces an uphill battle, would have to gather more than 51,000 petition signatures in 60 days to force a recall election against Barrett, who was re-elected last year with 70% of the vote.
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Of course, wanting to drastically restrict legal immigration and actually getting a bill passed to do so are two very different things, and Team Trump faces a steep uphill battle, given that G.O.P. lawmakers like Graham and McCain are against it.
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McConnell, the Senate Majority Leader and senior Republican senator from Kentucky, is currently fighting an uphill battle to pass a bill that will repeal and replace Obamacare.
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This class alternated between two- to three-minute intervals at goal race paces for a marathon, half-marathon, 10k, 5K, and mile, both with flat and uphill sections and all with equal amounts of recovery time at much slower speeds.
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Many entries are obviously crafted to be read aloud at live events, dry runs for stories featuring Stadium Pals, pet spiders, aggressive beggars, and his uphill battle with the French language.
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The Jazz have an uphill battle to even make the conference finals the next few years, and the East can't be this irrelevant forever.
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The feature, which is still in a prototype phase and may never be released, is part of the company’s uphill battle against rampant abuse on its platform.
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His team pushed across two runs in the bottom half of the inning, which was when Greendale coach Brian Johnsen knew then the game was going to be an uphill battle.
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First Known Use of uphill
1613
UPHILL Defined for English Language Learners
uphill
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: toward the top of a hill or mountain
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: going or sloping up toward the top of a hill or mountain
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: not easy : difficult to do, deal with, etc.
UPHILL Defined for Kids
Definition of uphill for Students
: in an upward direction The bus lurched around a corner and started to go uphill. — Beverly Cleary, Henry Huggins
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