This street lay uphill. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
She was talking uphill. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Sir! if my niece is ever to marry you, she will have what you call uphill work of it in taking her place at starting. From Wordnik.com. [No Thoroughfare] Reference
Barack Obama already is looking beyond what he calls his uphill battle in Pennsylvania to the primaries in two weeks on May 6. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 22, 2008] Reference
Barack Obama already, as we say, is looking beyond what he calls his uphill battle in Pennsylvania to the primaries in two weeks on May 6. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 22, 2008] Reference
The hole is about 30 yards uphill from the Fort Lawton cemetery driveway. From Wordnik.com. [Behold Magnolia’s Giant, Wheel-Eating Pothole « PubliCola] Reference
The second hut only sleeps five and is set 100 yards uphill from the main one. From Wordnik.com. [Mexico mountaineering expedition on Pico de Orizaba (Citlaltepetl)] Reference
There, under the shadow of the trees she passed on her excursions uphill is the lonely Tomba Deleddiana. From Wordnik.com. [Grazia Deledda: Voice of Sardinia] Reference
My other dream neighborhood is Xochilmilco, but it's a bit uphill from the zocalo, so not quite as convenient. From Wordnik.com. [Page 3] Reference
On the afternoon of the last hunt, I looked for and found a somewhat open area just uphill from the tom's roost. From Wordnik.com. [Ten Tips for Hunting Stubborn Spring Turkeys] Reference
Curiously the well has water above what should be the water table level for this house uphill from the Plaza Quiroga. From Wordnik.com. [Interior courtyard of the Museo de Artes Populares, a converted colonial house with pre-Columbian foundations. Curiously the well has water above what should be the water table level for this house uphill from the Plaza Quiroga.] Reference
I'm racing down a ridge against the advancing dawn, trying to reach a position directly uphill from the gobbling bird. From Wordnik.com. [How to Take Gobblers with a Bow] Reference
` ` Fighting uphill is a tough position when a lot of their players are hitting 3s, '' Sixers coach Maurice Cheeks said. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com] Reference
As to hauling hogs out of the holler, I learned early on it's best to go backpackin 'uphill on the way in and downhill on the way home. From Wordnik.com. [Petzal on Palin: Who Thought McCain was That Smart?] Reference
Sharpe pointed the sword uphill, indicating they were prisoners now and should go to the South Essex colour party. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Escape]
If things go wrong on their ride uphill, which is the term that NASA uses, they constantly have to have an abort procedure in mind. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 23, 2002] Reference
Car begins to roll "uphill," in an optical illusion. From Wordnik.com. [In Search Of The Blair Witch] Reference
My usual walking path is to the mailbox and more "uphill" in nature. From Wordnik.com. [Monday ramblings....] Reference
It can only be "uphill" from here...oops, maybe not the best analogy in this scenario!. From Wordnik.com. [Maine Coast Half or the One Where Holly Slowly Lost Her Mind] Reference
In this way the atoms will always travel 'uphill', and thus their velocity will gradually be reduced. From Wordnik.com. [The Nobel Prize in Physics 1997] Reference
That is sort of indicative of the kind of uphill climb that they realize they have inside the McCain campaign. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 4, 2008] Reference
And so you're operating against that demonstration of rescue and so you've got a kind of uphill battle to change that presumption. From Wordnik.com. [Get Briefed: Paul Volcker] Reference
And you can’t tell which is uphill, which is downhill —”. From Wordnik.com. [Drowned Hopes]
Ok it would be a little flatter too, meaning the moons wouldn't be going "uphill" like that (my camera was tilted). From Wordnik.com. [Tom's Astronomy Blog] Reference
Such chemical transformations are not spontaneous, but "uphill", requiring more than just the mixing of the substrates. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
"uphill" three times, guided by an impermeable system of dual gaskets and double weep systems. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference
But for either it will be an uphill, years-long struggle. From Wordnik.com. [The Fall of America, Inc.] Reference
Reform, of course, is an uphill battle: hiccups and mishaps do happen. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call] Reference
But without the prime minister's platform it will be an uphill struggle. From Wordnik.com. [Is This Any Way To Run A Country?] Reference
He faces an uphill struggle in court -- with McVeigh's life as the prize. From Wordnik.com. [Groping For A Strategy] Reference
Five years ago Bill Ford said selling a green agenda was an uphill fight. From Wordnik.com. [Average Joe Goes Green] Reference
It's an uphill battle, but I think it's inevitable that we will pass health insurance. From Wordnik.com. [Kennedy: "We Can't Do it Piecemeal"] Reference
Building a modern Vietnam will be an uphill struggle -- as hard, in its way, as the war. From Wordnik.com. [OF YOUTH AND GHOSTS] Reference
"We knew it would be an uphill battle after that," says Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller. From Wordnik.com. [Look Ma, No Breaks] Reference
As for its chances of revolutionizing the ski industry, for now it looks like an uphill climb. From Wordnik.com. [Eternal Life For Frosty] Reference
The result is that in all those countries, establishing democracy has been a long, uphill battle. From Wordnik.com. [How Not to Save the World] Reference
Greenland's environmental director, Hans Hoyer, agrees that the Arctic faces "an uphill struggle.". From Wordnik.com. [PERISCOPE] Reference
Historically, small cars have faced an uphill battle in overcoming America's bigger-is-better mentality. From Wordnik.com. [Daimler Thinks Small] Reference
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