In such cases strong shadows are thrown against the ceiling and the lamp is said to be burning "upside down.
She inserted a silver knife between the fruit and the sides of the jar to bring all air bubbles to the top, then placed the new rubber on smoothly, sealed quickly and stood the jar upside down out of the way of any draft.
She filled the sterilized pint jar to overflowing, inserted the silver knife to bring the air bubbles to the top, placed the new rubber on smoothly, sealed quickly and stood the jar upside down out of the way of any draft.
Y: And We turned (the cities) upside down, and rained down on them brimstones hard as baked clay.
S: Thus did We turn it upside down, and rained down upon them stones of what had been decreed.
Stereopticon slides are put in upside down, yet the picture on the screen is right side up.
Fill one to the brim with water and hold your thumb or a piece of cardboard over its mouth while you place it upside down in a pan of water.
Cover the mouth of each test tube with a small square of dry paper or cardboard, and turn it upside down, lowering it into the tumbler.
Cooks do not succeed in turning out a decent omelet generally, because they cook it too much, turn it upside down in the pan, or because they do not know how to handle the pan.
Take off, place a dish on the mould, turn it upside down, and remove the mould.
As soon as the mould is taken out of the oven, place a dish over it and turn it upside down, leave it so about ten minutes to allow the juice to come out, then remove the mould carefully, and serve.
The one that is to appear first is put in upside down, court cards with one head only being used.
He then takes the tumbler in one hand, and, rattling it hard with his wand all the time, turns it upside down to show that it is empty.
Now take two plates, one in each hand, upside down, and held in such a manner that the ball in the fingers is concealed.
The cards are so firmly gripped by the fingers that the pass may be executed, no matter what position the pack is held in, whether end on, sideways, or upside down.
These that have turned the world upside downare come hither also.
Inverted in position; appearing to be upside down or reversed, as the flowers of the orchis and the leaves of some plants.
And of an example described by Heim, already spoken of, he says: "One of the overthrust folds in the region has put the beds upside down over an area of 450 square miles.
With what a whack must this mighty mass of rocks have fallen on itself--miles in thickness, and turned "upside down over an area of 450 square miles"!
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If you upset one or turn it upside down in the water, the "buoys" or swollen stalks act as a self-righting arrangement, and it slowly returns to its proper position.
Imagine an orchard of very old apple trees in winter, and suppose that one were to cut off every tree and plant it upside down in black mud, and also to crowd them so closely together that the branches were all mixed and confused.
If one cuts a branch of willow and plants it upside down in the earth, it will very likely take root and grow.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "upside down" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
