upended; upending; upends
1
: to set or stand on end
: to rise on an end
Examples of upend in a Sentence
He upended the bicycle to fix its flat tire.
I upended the bucket to use as a stool.
The security inspector upended my bag and dumped everything out.
A giant wave upended the surfers.
The midfielder was upended before he got the ball.
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Scott Huver,
PEOPLE,
4 July 2026
Power prices from New York to Virginia are surging as sweltering heat threatens to overwhelm US grids and upend travel for the Independence Day holiday.
—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
3 July 2026
Jan-Lennard Struff upended eighth-seeded Daniil Medvedev 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5), 7-5.
—
ABC News,
3 July 2026
Investors’ fears of Anthropic’s Mythos model, which was launched in April, upending all cybersecurity software businesses, have since subsided.
—
Kirk Ogunrinde,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
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“Upend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/upend. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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upend
verb
up·end
ˌə-ˈpend 
: to set, stand, or rise on end
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