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Example sentences for "upon another"

  • Upon another occasion, when I was at work in one of my stations, a sudden tumult arose in the street.

  • Upon another night I had on an enormous tarpon; the boatman declared it to be the biggest he had ever seen (it always is when one fails to land it).

  • Upon another day, when we stuck, I put two of my messmates on the leaders, and they pulled the coach right through.

  • Upon another occasion I had fired the grass, which had left a perfectly clean surface after the blaze.

  • On recovering his health, he quickly drove him out, and came to terms with him, being desirous not to employ his time in a string of petty local conflicts with a neighbor, when all his thoughts were fixed upon another design.

  • This was done so completely, that not one stone was left upon another, as the Lord Himself had said.

  • When at last the city was taken, the Romans did destroy it so completely, that it might truly be said, that one stone was not left upon another.

  • The original tree from which a scion has been taken for grafting upon another tree.

  • Upon another occasion we discharge our rifles into a thicket whence sounds of firing proceed, and we make two more prisoners of war, in the shape of a couple of runaway negroes.

  • The ten spines are propped one upon another by the central screw.

  • They are commonly united in the middle of the central capsule by their opposed basal ends, forming small pyramids; the meeting triangular faces of the neighbouring pyramids being propped one upon another.

  • Commonly these bases are small pyramids, all meeting with their apex in the centre, and the triangular faces of the neighbouring pyramids are supported one upon another.

  • To build over or upon another structure; to erect upon a foundation.

  • Defn: To charge (a bearing) upon another bearing; as, to supercharge a rose upon a fess.

  • To impute (something) to; to charge upon; as, to put blame on or upon another.

  • Upon another there is a picture of a beaver gnawing a huge oak, and the word "Perseverando.

  • The mouldy shells were piled one upon another, and a few rusty fragments of that flimsy garniture, which was in vogue of old, had fallen on the bricks below.

  • Upon another coin we see the Goddess of Love holding a round object admittedly meant for the Golden Apple, while a child is stationed at her feet.

  • Upon another coin we see Mars leaning on a shield adorned with the so-called Monogram of Christ, the legend being Marti Patri Conservator.

  • Upon another coin we see the same symbol above the wolf and twins of the city of Rome.

  • Upon another occasion a passenger, on arriving at the station over whose destinies this courteous official presided, put his head out of the carriage window, and inquired if the train had arrived punctually.

  • Upon another occasion, a grocer's shop had been looted by the mob at night, and a man had been fortunate enough to secure a fine ham which he was endeavouring, but with very partial success, to secrete beneath his coat.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "upon another" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    cheery tone; cold smile; definite plan; face and; having returned; nearly sessile; official information; show his; stamens numerous; upon another; upon being; upon conviction; upon either; upon examination; upon him; upon himself; upon his; upon landing; upon pain; upon receipt; upon reflection; upon some; upon thee; upon their; upon this; upon which