9 sentences with “upright”

Vertebrate animals have a bony skeleton that helps them stay upright.

I wonder if I'll manage to regain my upright position

The young professional sat upright in his seat, dumbfounded.

The previous theory linked man's upright gait to the use of tools.

However, the majority of Muslims, known as Sunnis ("traditionalists"), held that any sufficiently upright and competent leader could be appointed caliph.

According to Lovejoy, hominid upright walking appeared along with monogamy and the development of the early nuclear family, long before the use of tools.

The scientist claimed that the upright man, now with his hands free, could carry food to his partner during pregnancy, as well as in the rearing of his child.

Australopithecus was similar to today's chimpanzees, which moved along the ground on all fours rather than standing upright, with brains about one-third the size of modern human brains.

At the same time, the plan would work "to promote the increasing respectability of the American name; to answer the claims of justice; to restore the ownership of land to its due value; to provide new resources both to agriculture and commerce; to cement more closely the union of the states; to add to their security against foreign attack; to establish public order on the basis of an upright and liberal policy".