8 sentences with 'upright'
Example sentences and phrases with the word upright and other words derived from it.
• « 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. »
• « 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. »
• « 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". »