What's the difference between unbowed and upright?
Unbowed
Definition:
(a.) Not bent or arched; not bowed down.
Example Sentences:
(1) Unbowed, Allen launched himself into merger talks with Carlton to create ITV and found himself in the top spot when Carlton shareholders ousted chairman Michael Green, who was ITV's chairman designate, in a revolt lead by Anthony Bolton, a fund manager at investment house Fidelity, subsequently dubbed the "quiet assassin".
(2) A claim that the UK economy has "relative strength" to survive the crisis stirs the Conservatives into fresh rage, but Darling is unbowed: "We did fix the roof in the fair weather - we fixed the roofs of schools and hospitals around the United Kingdom."
(3) Inside the mind of Bernie Sanders: unbowed, unchanged, and unafraid of a good fight Read more This marks the first time Sanders has taken a lead in any poll.
(4) Chen believes the case is retaliatory , but remains unbowed.
(5) Unbowed, the Mail used a story last month about the College of Paramedics raising concerns about separated bike lanes (a story that, it is worth noting, misquoted the college’s views ) in an editorial column : Segregated cycle lanes have increased congestion and worsened pollution ... Isn’t it time to abandon this cycle ‘superhighway’ experiment and admit that it was a stupid mistake?
(6) "Both women dealt with their release in a brilliant and charming way, I think: they were unbowed, but not arrogant," said Lerner.
(7) François Ruffin, the journalist and film-maker behind an award-winning blockbuster documentary on textile workers , tweeted that he had won a seat for France Unbowed in the northern area of the Sommes, confounding the predictions in favour of his opponent from Macron’s party.
(8) Le Pen said: “The abstention rate considerably weakens the legitimacy of the new parliament … Even if Macron has won a strong majority, he should know that his ideas are in a minority in this country.” Jean-Luc Mélenchon ’s new hard-left movement, France Unbowed, was projected to win around 19 seats.
(9) Daniel Tosh continues to broadcast in the States, unbowed by the row that greeted his unpleasant response to a female heckler (“Wouldn’t it be funny if that girl got raped by, like, five guys right now?”).
(10) Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of the left-wing party France Unbowed, said last month that Trump was “not at all welcome” on Bastille day.
(11) Former Lib Dem leader Lord Ashdown went further: "We are bloody but unbowed.
(12) Two months ago any suggestion that Mélenchon, head of La France Insoumise (Unbowed France), could be a serious contender for the Elysée would have been thought laughable.
(13) But staff on the island have told Guardian Australia the mood remains tense, and the protesters apparently unbowed.
(14) And the path to success for Hillary Clinton is to be bold and populist in her campaign platform.” Big crowds – but bigger dollars Inside the mind of Bernie Sanders: unbowed, unchanged, and unafraid of a good fight Read more Sanders’ campaign has evolved from a longshot ideological crusade to a legitimate operation in a very short period of time.
(15) Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the leader of the leftwing party France Unbowed, said last month that Trump was “not at all welcome” on Bastille Day.
(16) Bloodied but largely unbowed , Thompson and the 88-year-old broadcaster he oversees have endured to fight another day.
(17) It is not clear whether Parker and Stone will feel the need to show they are unbowed by returning to the Muhammad theme next week.
(18) "Clearly the judges are likely to mark him down for artistic interpretation and, unlike Team GB, he won't be bagging any gold medals today but he remains unbowed," said the spokesperson.
(19) Unbowed, and aided by Djokovic's first serve emphatically deserting him, Nadal wins himself another break point and takes it, with his third point-winning crosscourt forehand of the game.
(20) Zarakolu is unbowed by his conviction, which was reduced from five months in prison to a fine, and says he'd publish again if he needed to.
Upright
Definition:
(a.) In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward; as, an upright tree.
(a.) Morally erect; having rectitude; honest; just; as, a man upright in all his ways.
(a.) Conformable to moral rectitude.
(a.) Stretched out face upward; flat on the back.
(n.) Something standing upright, as a piece of timber in a building. See Illust. of Frame.
Example Sentences:
(1) A significant effect for pirenzepine was seen for episodes greater than 5 min (t = 2.61, P = 0.023) and a trend towards significance was seen for total (upright and supine positions combined) percent time of reflux (t = 2.13, P = 0.055).
(2) Nine patients were admitted to the hospital, placed on a diet containing 150 mEq sodium, and studied for periods of 4 hours, on different days, in the following conditions: (1) supine position, (2) upright posture (UP), (3) UP after 10 mg domperidone, intravenously in bolus, and (4) UP after 3 days of domperidone, 30 mg orally.
(3) Mean arterial pressure rose in upright posture in many cases, but its changes (percentage) showed no correlation with the changes (percentage) in GFR.
(4) The veteran almost had one with the best effort of the first half, a typical drive from the edge of the Stoke penalty area that shaved Thomas Sorensen's left-hand upright, though that possibly said more about the quality of the attacking play in the first half than the dynamism of Scholes's attempt.
(5) Possible mesial root extrusion was found in 60.0% of the uprighted molars.
(6) There was a marked increase in forskolin-stimulated adenylate cyclase activity in the upright posture in both elderly and young subjects.
(7) In 7 multiple pregnancies the changes in maternal and fetal cardiac-circulation parameters resulting from a passive change in presentation from left lateral to steady upright were measured for the duration of pregnancy and the puerperium and compared with corresponding data from a single-fetus collective.
(8) Prediction of change by deviation of the lateral asymmetry index on ISIS examination were compared with measured change on standard upright roentgenograms.
(9) The upright-tilting test was considered positive if syncope developed in association with hypotension or bradycardia, or both.
(10) Aggressive behavior was evoked by introducing a group-housed male mouse (intruder) into the home cage of the isolated or nonisolated mouse (resident).d-Amphetamine, methamphetamine, methylphenidate, cocaine, and L-dopa decreased attack and threat behavior by resident mice, the isolates requiring 2--4 times higher drug doses for the antiaggressive effects than the nonisolates, d-Amphetamine, methamphetamine, and methylphenidate caused intruder mice to be more frequently attacked by their non-treated resident opponents, to escape more often, to assume the defensive upright posture less, and to move about more often.
(11) The numerals were either upright, or inverted, or rotated perpendicular to the arm axis.
(12) An upright chest radiograph revealed a left hydropneumothorax.
(13) The pressure sore resulted from the commonly practised habit of grasping the upright of the wheel chair with the upper arm in order to gain stability.
(14) Konoplyanka had already thudded a free-kick against the upright, with Joe Hart and the entire City defence anticipating a cross, before the Ukraine international opened the scoring on the half-hour, capping off a 10-minute spell of concerted pressure.
(15) Estimation of the microcapillary flow was made both after supine resting and on standing upright.
(16) By changing the monkey's body position (upright, ear-down, supine), postrotatory nystagmus was elicited in the horizontal, vertical, or torsional direction.
(17) The gigantic lintels that bridge the uprights were also elaborately worked to even their size and height.
(18) The role of the vestibulo-spinal system involved in the maintenance of upright standing posture was studied by a time series analysis with a 5-dimensional feedback model.
(19) Overnight supine and 4-h upright PRA, plasma aldosterone, and 24-h urinary tetrahydroaldosterone (THA) and aldosterone secretion rates (ASR) were measured.
(20) The exercise test protocol consisted of pseudorandom binary sequences (PRBS) of workload (W) performed on a bicycle ergometer in the upright position (20 W - 80 W, 15 bits, 30 s per bit; the sequence was repeated three times).