UPHOLD in a Sentence
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20 example sentences for UPHOLD, such as:
1. Combeferre was upholding it weakly.
2. Marius will not uphold me against you.
3. Our policy has been to uphold the law.
4. Every citizen should uphold the Constitution.
5. The IWC voted to uphold the ban on commercial whaling.
2. Marius will not uphold me against you.
3. Our policy has been to uphold the law.
4. Every citizen should uphold the Constitution.
5. The IWC voted to uphold the ban on commercial whaling.
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Meanings and Examples of UPHOLD
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uphold
v. support against an opponent
v. keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
Classic Sentence:
1 She knew that to uphold this dignity, they must ignore what she said, even if she stood in the next room and almost shouted.
2 My family may be poor but they have a position to uphold.
3 And they couldn't uphold it if it were known that gambling money and speculator's money and Carpetbag money was behind it.
4 Uncas, look for the marks of a shoe that is long enough to uphold six feet two of tottering human flesh.
5 God has his own ways, moreover; the convent contributed, like Cosette, to uphold and complete the Bishop's work in Jean Valjean.
6 This mud, dense enough for one man, could not, obviously, uphold two.
7 Marius will not uphold me against you.
8 Weathers was showing his biceps muscle to the company and boasting so much that the other two had called on Farrington to uphold the national honour.
9 With a cultured parentage and a social caste to uphold him, he might have made a venturesome merchant or a West Point cadet.
10 It seemed very certain that something was upholding and uplifting him.
11 Alexey Alexandrovitch, with a following of those who saw the danger of so revolutionary an attitude to official documents, persisted in upholding the statements obtained by the revising commission.
12 Combeferre was upholding it weakly.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER IV—THE BACK ROOM OF THE CAFE MUSAIN
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER IV—THE BACK ROOM OF THE CAFE MUSAIN
13 To-day the upholders of the past, unable to deny these things, have adopted the expedient of smiling at them.
Example Sentence:
1 As a police officer you are expected to uphold the law whether you agree with it or not.
2 Every citizen should uphold the Constitution.
3 The IWC voted to uphold the ban on commercial whaling.
4 The government has promised to uphold the principles of democracy.
5 It's up to the government to uphold the rights of individual citizens.
6 Our policy has been to uphold the law.
7 We cannot project our values abroad unless we uphold them at home.