The cave, now an upward-sloping passage, still ran on into the hill.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dancing Druids]

Up and up the upward-sloping avenue, then a right into a side, quiet street.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hello and Thank You!] Reference

From the point of view of the oil companies the supply of puts is upward-sloping.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oil Company Speculators, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

At the end of the upward-sloping tunnel, they carve a flattened sphere for a nest.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States] Reference

An upward-sloping curve is indicative of there being a surplus of oil relative to real demand.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commodities Throw a Curveball] Reference

Japan, Germany, Spain, and Denmark show smooth, upward-sloping yield curves, a reflection of consistent government policy.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Elusive Green Economy] Reference

It was about the size of a convenience store and was built in the same style, with a flat front and an upward-sloping roof.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Store]

A return to 10-year yields above 5 per cent is just a return to normality, as is the reappearance of an upward-sloping yield curve.    From Wordnik.com.  [The sad state of our economy - liquidity crunch] Reference

The upward-sloping fairway is broken up at intervals into layers by huge, sweeping traps, and leads up to a green that is some 517 yards distant.    From Wordnik.com.  [Golf: The L.I.E. Open] Reference

Even if the stimulus has a negative impact, the outlook for economic activity could be positive, and this could cause an upward-sloping yield curve.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Anti-Stimulus, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

Since the "curve" of those futures is usually upward-sloping as one looks farther out in time, traders selling near-term and buying further out can lose money.    From Wordnik.com.  [Caveat Investor: ETNs Tied to VIX] Reference

I think the "world of economists" thought experiment is much more interesting than the "everyone has an upward-sloping demand curve" thought experiment over at MR.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Humanity of the Economist, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

The downward-sloping curve of your weight, the upward-sloping curve of your savings — for some folks, visual cues to success are understandably addictive and motivating.    From Wordnik.com.  [Top 10 Mind Hacks For Making Your Resolutions Stick | Lifehacker Australia] Reference

An upward-sloping supply curve is typical of many industries, although not of microchip manufacturing, where the first one costs a lot and each additional costs very little.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Bush Continues His Uncanny Imitation of Herbert Hoover] Reference

My second objection to White's negative comment is his contention that any suggestion that an academic opponent's labor supply curve is upward-sloping is beyond the pale That?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Joe Salerno on The Austrian Movement - The Austrian Economists] Reference

Let's wed the upward-sloping yield curve with mark-to-market reform.    From Wordnik.com.  [National Review Online] Reference

And I thought only Health Economics had an upward-sloping demand curve.    From Wordnik.com.  [Angry Bear] Reference

Look at how this historical data tend to fit along an upward-sloping trend.    From Wordnik.com.  [US Market Commentary from Seeking Alpha] Reference

Let's wed the upward-sloping Treasury yield curve with mark-to-market reform.    From Wordnik.com.  [National Review Online] Reference

But is it best to buy government bonds when the yield curve is upward-sloping?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Economist: Correspondent's diary] Reference

Over a long bridge and under a tall torii we roll into upward-sloping streets.    From Wordnik.com.  [Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series] Reference

Oh-kay … Can anyone explain what on earth an upward-sloping demand curve is?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Corrente] Reference

Two of the bedrooms faced the sea; the third, the library, the upward-sloping moorland.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Voyage to Arcturus] Reference

They are not upward-sloping yet, but they have managed to begin some sideways momentum.    From Wordnik.com.  [Investopedia.com Headlines] Reference

So what we're kind of really implying here is that we had an upward-sloping trend line.    From Wordnik.com.  [Applied Micro CEO Discusses F2Q2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript -- Seeking Alpha] Reference

With a zero short rate and a steeply upward-sloping Treasury yield curve, even a banker can make money.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Articles] Reference

Steadily declining volume since late April's peak tallies with prices working in a potential upward-sloping.    From Wordnik.com.  [FXstreet.com] Reference

Well, I can assume it's upward-sloping - the more other people install anti-virus software, the better it is for me.    From Wordnik.com.  [Slashdot: IT] Reference

The implied demand curve from HLIs is therefore upward-sloping, because of the valuation effects on their balance sheets.    From Wordnik.com.  [Corrente] Reference

Instead, the marriage of the cash-flow valuation of bank assets and the upward-sloping Treasury yield curve will do the trick.    From Wordnik.com.  [U.S. News] Reference

Beauport on its bank; then a vast breadth of pale-green, upward-sloping meadows; then the purple heights; and the hazy heaven over them.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Chance Acquaintance] Reference

I still believe the best bailout policy for the banks is the upward-sloping Treasury yield curve created by the Fed's easy-money policies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kudlow's Money Politic$] Reference

By the 1990s, researchers realized that graphs of environmental impact didn't produce a simple upward-sloping line as countries got richer.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference

In a market with an upward-sloping yield curve, it's normal for a bond to trade at a premium to par value a few years before the maturity date.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

He looked at the upward-sloping way.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conan and The Gods of The Mountain]

"Why, its an upward-sloping exponential curve, Cornucopian Man!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Energy Bulletin -] Reference

An upward-sloping one suggests the opposite.    From Wordnik.com.  [MoneyWeek RSS - All] Reference

To the upward-sloping mountain.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kalevala : the Epic Poem of Finland — Volume 02] Reference

"neo" model, which will have state-of-the-art engines and upward-sloping wingtips.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference