Napier[89] always believed that his great mission was to upset the Pope, and that logarithms, and such things, were merely episodes and relaxations.
Before proceeding to open the Budget, I say something on my personal knowledge of the class of discoverers who square the circle, upset Newton, etc.
The established system has sometimes fallen, slowly and gradually: it has either been upset by the rising influence of some one man, or it has been sapped by gradual change of opinion in the many.
I was fair upset when I heard ye had gane oot so early this mornin' and withoot a proper breakfast.
I can quite understand that Fritz's letter has terribly upset you, but he doesn't mean it all.
I could not be light-hearted and gay, and they would notice that something depressed me; my coming would upset them instead of delighting them.
A hard look came into his eyes, and he rose so abruptly that the chair upset behind him.
His heart swelled, and with a rush that nearly upset his little table, he made for his father in the parlour, crawled up on his lap, put both arms about his neck, and kissed him.
If the uprooted tree had pitched on our rock, it would have upset it, and crushed us beneath.
Diverted by this amusing conversation, none of us perceived an enormous branch, which just grazed our heads butupset our entertainer.
Staggering back against the shelf, he upset a vase that stood at the corner.
She was deeply upset by the tragic events of the lost war and the grumblings of the revolution.
A day or two before the sleigh with Veta and Max and her sister-in-law and the driver upset completely in a ditch, horse on his back and toes in the air.
The next day the lost soldier turned up very much upsetat having lost her on the way.
I am so satisfied with my present condition that I think it would be foolish toupset it all after so short a time.
We traveled all the way in silence and I could see how very anxious and upset she was.
I was mentally blind then, puffed up with vanity, and as bitter and angry as it is possible for a boy to be, and all I can say in extenuation is that I had had good cause to be upset by the trouble I had gone through.
It's always the way," continued my companion, "one never does have a bit of fun without being upset after it somehow.
Ned can upset me out of the wheelbarrow if he does it on the hay," agreed Tom.
Now this is where I upset you, Tom," said Ned in a low voice.
I can ride you in a wheelbarrow, Tom, and upset you.
When Professor Russell returned, Frieda again managed to have her eyes closed and she really was upset by the events of the past few moments, as was to be expected.
He does get a little upset now and then when I want my own way all the time, but really under the same circumstances I don't suppose any other man would be half so nice to me as Henry is.
Bryan must have been considerably upset over his farewells and the thought of what might lie ahead of him, or he would never have made such a request of us.
She is awfully upset at my going--and you know I must, on account of my dear uncle.
This remark so took Annie by surprise and so completely upset her already tottering nerves that she gave a sudden cry and said in a sort of smothered voice: "Oh, please, please don't betray me!
Again Harris went back, but this time it was Carmine himself who sought a breach in the opponent's defence and was finally upset without gain.
Coach Robey sped Holt in for Roberts and Holt managed to upset the next play for a yard gain.
You had a dandy chance once to upset the referee and you deliberately side-stepped him.
For answer Penny sprang forward and landed a blow on Beaufort's shoulder that almost upset him because of its unexpectedness.
This delay will upset our plans and we might as well go back.
This delay has upset his schedule and he won't go on.
And if Gibson is playing the 'Gink's' game it would only warn him that we have reason to suspect him and they'd be so careful we'd never have a chance to upset them.
Later in the week John was upset by the first dissension that had ever arisen between him and his mother.
It isn't playing the game to trap you while you are upset like this.
I never knew anything to upset the town like this before--the county, you might say.
No," cried Nic; "the quarrel yesterday upset me, and I could only go and wander about in the bush thinking about it.
But I want to know fully what this upsethas been about the assigned servant.
Well, we have to make the best of it now, because Hugh says we can't upset Mother," said Sarah.
In that way your class room won't be upsetand Mr. Martin will likely gain some valuable additions to his collection.
I was so upset this morning that I thought I should fly if I stayed in the house, so I went up to the city and shopped.
You frightened Aunt Trudy into fits and now you've upset a whole class.
By the time Rosemary had found the tie, Shirley had managed to upset the shoe blacking on her white shoes and had to be hastily refitted with tan socks and oxfords.
All the girls are getting out of hand now, anyway, what with their mother sick and the house upset and no regular plan to follow.
The sea was quite rough, and the boat might upset coming back with its load of fish!
Sometimes the waves were so rough that the boats would be upset and the fishermen spilled out.
Illustration] My father and the cat became good friends but my father's mother was veryupset about the cat.
The voices passed my father and went around a curve, and he hurried on because he knew how much more upset the boars would be when they saw the lion's mane tied up in hair ribbons.
Ordinarily I'd save you for afternoon tea, but I happen to be upset enough and hungry enough to eat you right now.
We don't know when one of those brutes may be prowling close by, and upset all our tricks by knocking over the apple cart.
Another advantage it has is to lower the whole gun and mounting, and the centre of gravity of the weight of it and carriage, and therefore the gun is much harder to upset on rocky ground or going up steep precipices, as we had to do in Natal.
It was an awful climb, and the ground was strewn with boulders; the poor gun upset once, but we got it up at last into position on a beautiful grass plateau on top with a clear view of the Boer positions.
At the Pont I had to off-load all my wagons, as the drift below was impassable; and after having got one gun and ox team safely across, the Pont was upset in the middle of the river, and all the work was jammed.
This was amply proved to us by the number of times the high-wheeled narrow mountings upset on rocky ground, whilst the broad low type went along steadily.
We all had to be very careful indeed not to upset her in any way, as she would find fault on the slightest provocation.
Of course, I did not like to tell her anything the first day, as it might upset her, and did not say that this was a command from Her Majesty.
I hope to upset it, Sir Augustus," Joseph answered with an absolute simplicity that robbed his words of either ostentation or offence.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "upset" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
