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upwards BrE

Each new upward step became more difficult than the last.

More likely is a strong upward move in the last half of the year.

"Yet is it not now time to take a further step on the upward road?"

His head moved slowly upward and turned toward the door.

Then the door was shut, and the car had gone on its upward course.

The upward pressure is coming largely from services, like medical care.

Just look at what happened after the Fed's last upward move.

The high school music program is on an upward trend.

On its first upward path, it is known as a 0.

Something over an hour later we started upon our upward journey.

Although the movement was in the upward direction, there is a long way to go.

That will put upward pressure on the budget for many years to come.

It's the only song in the top five that made an upward move.

The Federal funds rate has felt upward pressure for the last few days.

So over time there is going to be upward pressure on energy prices.

They came upon the group at the very end of the upward passage.

"And I also wanted to write about the upward dream."

That has added to the upward pressure on interest rates.

It was still on the upward part of its arc.

He felt it put the business on an upward curve.

Upward pressure on prices, and even higher interest rates, could result as well.

"We need to be a party of hope and upward mobility."

He was quick to point out that all were upward moves.

Time and an upward swing in the market may change that.

At last we saw before us the upward door, and under it a crack of light.

As a result, the retail survivors are now on an upwards profit trend despite the continuing contraction of demand.

The rating came at him again, and Gaunt swung low to block, but at the last moment, the man tossed the ceramic blade from his right hand to his left, the blade reversing itself through the grip in mid air so that what had started as an upwards strike from the right turned into a downward stab from the left.

Why did you turn to the right and look upward?

Instead he had to bring the wall into himself and press upward.

The men began to move, running upward into the dark.

When she could see upward, he had turned to meet two others.

He looked upward, as if to find another face in the air.

Some of them could see him if they looked upward.

He may be held against his will for upward of three weeks.

As their eyes looked upward, they could see no result.

She seemed to go upward, and all eyes followed her.

For a moment, nothing happened, and then she felt herself moving upward.

Those people have been like that for upward of 6 weeks.

He reached out with his free hand, turned her face upward.

Then came a sound that made them turn their eyes upward.

It started upward at the old man's action on the control.

The school was there for 40 years until the city's population went upward.

Part of the effort is to keep us moving upward.

No one can expect the economy to go upward all the time.

After ten minutes they began moving upward a level at a time.

In a few minutes the girls, again, made their way upward.

The teeth should point upward at the front of the saw.

The other end, where the head was, he managed to keep upward.

A person is asked to roll his or her eyes upward.

He took a long breath and turned both hands upward.

He stood quite still, face turned upward to the stars.

He looked to the house and felt his eyes drawn upward.

"So we start with the low end of the market and move upwards."

When you're at the end of the road, the only way to go is upwards.

If so, think of the head going forward and upwards away from your spine.

The direction of the shot, from ahead and upwards, must be on this line.

Roughly, for each step upwards, one needs four times the number of words.

This program will keep children of 4 years upwards amused for hours.

"Any society or economy where there is no room to move upwards, young people get frustrated."

He eased himself upwards, to a sitting position, and then sat up in the bed.

We had been ordered to float upwards only in a group.

Some flew upwards, most were shot out on all sides.

At last his feet dragged him upwards back to the bedroom.

Speed had dropped back and Wallace moved upwards in the second half.

As we move upwards keep an eye out for mobile equipment.

I began to move upwards, still bound tightly to the door.

Following the war, the Huntington's fortune turned upwards once again.

They went upwards again, and Andy cautiously put his hands out to the side of him.

Before I could find any way of controlling the elevator, it began to move upwards.

They creep along the ground but usually turn upwards near the tip.

From there they had to climb directly upwards over the rocks.

The blocks can be moved upwards, but will immediately fall back down if a match is not made.

Tommy cast his eyes upwards as if trying to picture the family tree.

He worked his way steadily upwards, pausing every so often for a rest.

They gradually moved upwards though, until she saw the bright light of the sun in the distance.

Once interest rates move upwards it's going to be a bloodbath.

He mounts upwards through all the middle regions to the higher world of light.