How to Use upon in a Sentence

upon

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• They built their city upon a cliff overlooking the sea.
• He carefully placed the vase upon the table.
• She was seated upon a throne.
• That kind of behavior is frowned upon.
• She was admitted to his office immediately upon her arrival.
• Don’t waste the chance to have truths, great and small, burst upon you.
  — Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2019
• Copies of the book, signed upon request, will be sold at the program.
  — cleveland.com, 31 Aug. 2019
• The Prize has evolved over the past few years, many of its changes brought upon by the pandemic.
  — José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 16 Feb. 2023
• The biggest shopping week of the year is upon us—get your lists and gift guides out!
  — Sarah Madaus, SELF, 29 Nov. 2019
• The magic of the city seemed to explode upon my return.
  — Natalie Decleve, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Oct. 2017
• And the crisis that was averted in April may be upon them again.
  — Jon Lender, courant.com, 5 May 2018
• Once upon a time there was soap and water to wash your face.
  — Amber Rambharose, Glamour, 22 Feb. 2018
• There was a Robert Musil story that Frances came upon around that time.
  — Mary Costello, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
• As stones rained death upon him, Stephen could smile and bow at the applause of heaven.
  — Loren A. Yadon, idahostatesman, 12 July 2018
• This won’t be the last time that Garoppolo will be called upon to win a game.
  — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 17 Nov. 2019
• Our hope is that people upon watching the movie will want to own these pieces.
  — Jen Ortiz, Marie Claire, 10 July 2018
• The Royals, who once upon a time owned the best farm system in baseball, have no one on the list.
  — Maria Torres, kansascity, 18 Feb. 2018
• Once upon a time, there was a survival game called H1Z1.
  — Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, 8 Mar. 2019
• In fact, the team that once upon a time couldn’t even agree which language to speak on the field, is better than fine.
  — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 23 June 2018
• There are other young players the Dodgers could call upon before the end of the season.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2023
• From tortoise check prints to funky swirls, the era of the avant basics has brought upon many a fun pattern to choose from.
  — Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 8 Feb. 2022
• View this post on Instagram When the sky falls down upon them.
  — Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, 13 May 2019
• Viewers know what such forces look like when they are loosed upon the world.
  — M.s., The Economist, 27 Aug. 2019
• Critics counter that the new law is both too vague and too toothless to help put-upon workers.
  — The Economist, 11 June 2020
• In medicine, the term syncope refers to a loss of consciousness brought upon by a reduction of blood flow to the brain.
  — Devin Kelly, Longreads, 26 Jan. 2023
• Everywhere the line was being ridden on and written upon and joined to the movements of the city for the first time.
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 27 May 2022
• Once upon a time, there was a true unicorn, a startup named Uber.
  — Wired, 6 Sep. 2019
• Sit, eat, drink, be the same as everyone else and go along with the leaders ideas or it would be frowned upon.
  — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2018
• It was just looked upon as being really odd that that’s happening to this person.
  — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2023
• It was once frowned upon to wear sporty shoes without the accompanying loungewear, but now it's expected.
  — Wendy Vazquez, Southern Living, 16 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024