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Example sentences for "upon them"

  • And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.

  • And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

  • It seemed to me that I could not fail to impress upon the intelligent red men of Barsoom the wicked deception that a cruel and senseless superstition had foisted upon them.

  • We did not even give the men a chance to draw, so quickly were we upon them.

  • For some time the Naxians gallantly resisted the besiegers; but, at length reduced, they were subjected to heavier conditions than those previously imposed upon them.

  • Cimon retired, beseeching his friends to vindicate themselves from the aspersions cast upon them.

  • He saw his wife shrink back involuntarily from the encounter, but this was only to gather force for it; and the next moment she was upon them in all the joy of the surprise.

  • In the morning their spirits rose with the sun, though the sun got up behind clouds as usual; and they were further animated by the imposition which the landlord practised upon them.

  • In the height of the display a sudden mountain shower gathered and broke upon them.

  • He, too as he moved with noiseless feet, seemed a part of the silence; and when he approached with dreamy black eyes fixed upon them, and bowed courteously, it seemed impossible he should speak.

  • Then she buried her face in the ground and would say no more, even when they told her that the Zulus had been beaten back by the rocks that were rolled down upon them.

  • The bey often strolled down to the edge of the trees to watch them, and sometimes even took guests to admire the way in which these two Englishmen, although ignorant that any eyes were upon them, performed their work.

  • At the sight of the flames bursting up from the eight ships bearing down upon them, the Spaniards were seized with a panic.

  • And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar.

  • The fair days of fortune and peace, of which the queen dreamed in her charming country home, thinking that her realizations were met when the sun had scarcely risen upon them, were gone.

  • They have every day to have their heads split open with the balls of the enemies that you have set upon them.

  • And so, if he needs money, he is justified in asking his subjects for it, and so does what is called 'laying taxes' upon them.

  • The Frenchman knew that the search would not end upon the opposite side of the salvage--in a moment Ward would be upon them.

  • An elephant couldn't have forced the bonds they placed upon them.

  • A yell of dismay arose from the Turkish troops as they saw the galley bearing down upon them, and frantic efforts were made to row out of her way.

  • The knights of Italy and Spain determined to seize the opportunity of retrieving the disgrace that had fallen upon them.

  • Then, Sir John, will you bestow it upon them?

  • O, but they are clothed with godliness; the image and presence of God is upon them.

  • Though God's saints have felt the power of much of his grace, and have had many a secret word fulfilled on them, yet one word will be unfulfilled on their particular person, so long as the grave can shut her mouth upon them.

  • They have always been in great distress; but, indeed, this absolute ruin hath been brought upon them by others.

  • Upon them he depends to replenish his stock of nitrogen.

  • Upon them he depends to insure the continued fertility of his soil and the constant continued production of good crops.

  • Upon them he depends to turn into plant food all the organic refuse from his house or from his barn.

  • The Netherlands execrated him as the most terrible enemy of their liberties, and the originator of all the misery which subsequently came upon them.

  • The whole nation had their eyes upon them.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "upon them" 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:
    celestial marriage; extra hand; getting tired; making great; salt marsh; sexually mature; spiritual freedom; the tents; thus far; tropical marine; upon account; upon condition; upon every; upon examination; upon hearing; upon him; upon inquiry; upon occasion; upon pain; upon receipt; upon their; upon them; upon this; upon what; upon whose; whose portrait