How to Use upside down in a Sentence

upside down

adverb
  • You hung the picture upside down!
  • The baby was holding the book upside down.
  • To remove the plant, turn the pot upside down and tap gently on the bottom to loosen it.
  • Place the pan upside down on the top rack in your oven.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 6 Dec. 2024
  • In the blink of an eye, our world can be turned upside down.
    — Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 21 July 2023
  • But his life would be turned upside down before the end of the night.
    — April Helms, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The raft was upside down and Erin and the pilot didn't see any signs of life.
    — Paul Larosa, CBS News, 21 May 2021
  • At farms across the nation, the Dutch flag hangs upside down as a sign of protest.
    — Mike Corder, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The roof of the gym was ripped off while cars in the parking lot were tossed and flipped upside down.
    — CBS News, 22 Mar. 2022
  • Place the skillet upside down on the top rack of your hot oven for one hour.
    — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 20 Nov. 2023
  • It’s like the upside down version of the hills of Adelaide.
    — Tom Mullen, Forbes, 30 Jan. 2022
  • For many of them their lives have been turned upside down.
    — Ivy Knight, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2022
  • Hill turned that game upside down as a rookie with the Chiefs.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2023
  • Luke is 5 years old, and that turns your life upside down.
    — Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Flip your glass upside down on top of the rosemary to capture the smoke.
    — Boutayna Chokrane, Vogue, 29 Dec. 2024
  • Just keep in mind that his whole world has been turned upside down.
    — Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
  • To wrap your gift: Place your box upside down on the paper.
    — Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Her face was scratched off, and the photo was placed upside down.
    — Beth Warren, The Courier-Journal, 17 June 2024
  • But Somerville wants to turn the process upside down, by acting first.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2021
  • Then turn it upside down and slide the plant out into your hand.
    — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Apr. 2025
  • But notice that the spots on the screen are upside down relative to the lights.
    — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Take a quarter, put it upside down, and stick it inside the tread.
    — Annie Gabillet, Travel + Leisure, 6 Dec. 2023
  • This part of the bracket was turned upside down as the top two seeds were sent home on the first weekend.
    — Michael Arinze, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The photo shows the cellphone stuck to the lid upside down with the camera facing out.
    — Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2023
  • But the civil war that broke out in April 2023 turned that easy life upside down.
    — Kate Okorie, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Jan. 2025
  • His car came to rest, upside down, in nine feet of water.
    — Time, 29 Oct. 2022
  • Sloths hang from trees and do most of their business upside down.
    — Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The processes of how they’re formed on a chip must be turned upside down.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The bottle was upside down, dropped, and thrown across the room many times, and our tester never saw a drop of water escape.
    — Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 19 June 2025
  • Clients don't stop needing advice just because your world has been turned upside down.
    — B.d. Dalton, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025

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