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.
• What’s the next move for the right-wing Supremes in their attempts to upend everything?
  — Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2024
• On top of all that, a force of nature is threatening to upend their lives.
  — Jen Yamato, Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2024
• Training for a run like that would take months and upend normal life.
  — Christopher Solomon, Outside Online, 16 May 2022
• Still, the high cost of child care has upended the careers of even those with college degrees.
  — Moriah Balingit, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2024
• That this was the guy that could ... upend electoral history.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
• Much has been made of how Gen Z is upending food and beverage norms.
  — Kate Bernot, Bon Appétit, 16 Oct. 2024
• Counting out a partner might upend your whole life plan.
  — Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2024
• Early on in the movie, Vikander’s Virginia upends the household.
  — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2024
• And that shows just how much Trump has helped distort and upend the Republican Party's sense of right and wrong.
  — Joel Mathis, The Week, 22 Apr. 2022
• 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
• For decades, threats to the U.S.-led order were limited to a handful of rogue states with little power to upend it.
  — Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
• The lawsuit could upend the process of awarding Virginia's 12 electoral votes to Harris.
  — Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
• The most recent numbers seemed to upend that hope, with prices rising for goods across the board, led by sharp jumps in the costs of energy and groceries.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2022
• 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
• The move threatens to upend $400 million worth of business for Nvidia, according to the filing.
  — Michelle Toh, CNN, 1 Sep. 2022
• The past two years have shown just how badly a disease that originated in wildlife can upend the human world.
  — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 7 Apr. 2022
• 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
• For state scientists who have been working to help salmon, the Park fire could upend their long-term strategy.
  — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2024
• The banks and other card issuers that reap some of those fees have argued that changing the routing rules could upend the credit-card business.
  — Annamaria Andriotis, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2022
• The outcome could totally upend how real estate agents get paid, and how homes are sold.
  — Rachel Kurzius, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
• And then there’s AI, the tech that’s (allegedly) going to upend everything.
  — David Goldman, CNN, 8 Oct. 2024
• 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
• Meaning that one swing vote could upend decades of court rulings in overwhelming support of Roe v. Wade.
  — Vangela M. Wade, Time, 17 May 2022
• Don't miss these Industry groups say losing immigrant workers could upend the dairy sector and nearly double milk prices, Rick Barrett reports.
  — Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 18 Nov. 2024
• For months, the movement had been accelerating and expanding, damaging homes, cracking roadways and upending life across the Portuguese Bend area.
  — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024