He gave her a smile, a small wan upturning of closed lips.

He said it as a question, with a brief upturning of his brows.

All, however, in common nourished the confident hope of a revolutionary upturning on the continent soon to come.

He smiled, a bare upturning of lips.

A faint upturning at the corners of Spock's lips made Kirk more attentive.

Critical assessments of Isle of Canes focus on its upturning of stereotypes.

A dead silence throughout the room, with a rolling of heads and upturning of eyes, bespoke the pious horror of the community.

A vast pot of maglubeh simmers on the fire and two Bedouins heft it high for the ceremonial upturning.

Then, inexplicably, he smiled, and I saw, in the humourless upturning of petulant lips, the resemblance to Jamey.

No smile in response, no expression at all-or was that just a slight upturning at the corners of the Vulcan's mouth?

Only the hint of a smile-faintest upturning of lips-which he struggled manfully to conceal-suggested that the morning had been other than disastrous.

Once the summer months arrive, the permafrost expands; the fact of horizontal compression produces upturning of the frozen sediment by plastic deformation.

"Course," Shibo said, a small upturning of the corners of her lips showing that she understood that this show was for Cermo's benefit.

One member of Parliament was seriously injured in the brawl, which included the upturning of desks and the hurling of books and drinking glasses, witnesses told reporters.

Such things could only be repeated in a hoarse whisper, and the Sheikh greeted each new revelation with a soft cry of "WaaW and the upturning of his eyes to heaven.

As, under Felix's control, it commenced its slow scan, it had nothing bright to show, although, rolling towards the roof like an upturning eye, it picked up a patch of blue sky through the reinforced glass skylight.

I tried to fake a smile, but all I could manage was a feeble upturning of the corners of my mouth--my stomach was turning at the sight of my father bonding with Assef.

The graveyard scene is wonderfully envisaged as an upturning of most of the stage into earth, as if the underworld had erupted; the playing of "The Mousetrap", in which everyone is frantic, is truly frightening.

The Anteosauria are distinguished from the Tapinocephalia by a number of features, such as very large canines, cheek teeth with bulbous crowns, and an upturning of the premaxilla, so that the front of mouth curves strongly upwards.

The murmuring of many voices, the upturning of many faces, the pressing on of many footsteps in the outskirts of the crowd, so that it swells forward in a mass, like one great heave of water, all flashes away.

And may it not be believed of many human beings, that, the great Husbandman having sown them like seeds in the soil of human affairs, there they lie buried a life long; and only after the upturning of the soil by death, reach a position in which the awakening of their aspiration and the consequent growth become possible.

It may be mid-1993 before a major economic upturn takes place.

Since 1982 the senior team started to be on the upturn.

However we are not simply waiting for an upturn in the world economy.

At just about that time, my career started to take a little upturn.

For the world economy, an American upturn would be a very welcome thing.

The upturn in crime continued to hit close to home.

"I'm feeling better that we might be at the start of an upturn."

Life had taken a new and pleasant upturn once again.

Fifty percent said the upturn would come during the next 6 to 12 months.

Even with a recent upturn, the report said attendance hit only 4.1 million in 2003.

But some predict an upturn in the second half of the year.

In 1805, another major rule change happened, which created an economic upturn.

He predicted that an upturn would begin in late summer.

There was a slight upturn in the first six months of 2010.

An upturn occurred in 1987 when as from 6 June.

"They're also seen as the group that has benefited the most by the economic upturn."

"It's the current upturn in the economy which really makes this possible," he said.

We need to be ready for the next economic upturn."

The upturn will be noticeable from late spring and early summer.

And there have been few signs of upturn since February.

Leaving trade for art, her literary career took an upturn.

There has been no major shift in the economy to explain an upturn.

Which is why the upturn in the labor market remains, by far, the biggest political story of the last week.

First, the federation would wait for a strong upturn in economic conditions.

Recovery will of course take much more than an upturn in share prices.

Upturning one palm, he showed off a wound sustained in the line of duty and said, "I'm looking for that fever again."

Reptilian stood on the royal platform, a mocking smile upturning his lips.

Jamie took an empty bucket from the shelf, and upturning it, sat down on it.

He had searched all the drawers, ripping them out, upturning them and scattering their contents across the floor.

"All right, he's ready," Miklos murmured, upturning his other arm along his side.

I dropped to my knees beside him, upturning my whole backpack in search of the scalpel from the medical kit.

He was on his feet, letting go of his support, the barn in front rocking steadily from side to side and then upturning completely.

He hears her slamming the piano lid, ripping apart sofa cushions, upturning lamps and tables.

Upturning the Faith Cup.

We must be constantly vigilant, upturning every literary stone, relentlessly pursuing the truth - particularly when there's not the slightest chance of ever discovering it.

The quindims should be left to cool in the pan, then removed while still warm by upturning the mold and gently prying them out.

The Ferengi started shrieking and screaming, upturning stalls, shattering earthenware, ripping at drapes.

In October of that year a violent storm struck the construction site, upturning the caisson and sending it to the bottom of the Bay.

The mayor of Strasbourg officially reacted by stating "we will counter-attack by upturning the adversary's strength to our own profit, as a judoka would do."

She had, in Shapiro's reading, a 'revolutionary agenda' that consisted in upturning the myths of America's founding fathers and the Puritan heritage.

One morning, I wake early to find her upturning the seat cushions in the living room, making short work of the gum wrappers and Barbie limbs left behind by the children.

Layover - performed by upturning the torso and free leg so that the skater's torso and free foot are pointing toward the ceiling, rather than toward the ice.

"Oriel-" "Just lay your hands on mine and close your eyes," Jesse said, smiling and upturning his palms to receive Javan's.

Under the upswelling tide he saw the writhing weeds lift languidly and sway reluctant arms, hising up their petticoats, in whispering water swaying and upturning coy silver fronds.

It feeds on insects, other arthropods, and shelllfish - in short, any prey found by upturning stones and litter - and makes a cup-sized nest in sheltered places with grass and vegetal fibers.

In the tiny kitchenette to the rear of the corner shop there was a sharp and deafening twang, and a great bolt of lightning burst forth, charring the walls and upturning the banks of pulsating equipment.

As far north as the gorge of the Missouri river in Montana, the Front Range, facing the Great Plains, is a rather simple uplift, usually formed by upturning the flanking strata, less often by a fault.

The Blind Girl still, upturning the blank sightless face, down which the tears were coursing fast, addressed her in these words: 'There is not, in my soul, a wish or thought that is not for your good, bright May!