Then she put an upended water glass in the middle.

By now, the upended control room seemed positively like home.

She stepped over the upended table, ran to the door, and opened it.

But this presidential race has been all about upended expectations.

He found cover behind a single slab up upended rock.

Parts of the truck could be seen falling off the upended machine.

So he was simply staggered to his knees rather than upended.

The edge of the upended lid caught her alongside the head.

The rest of the room was strewn with clothes and upended furniture.

He sat on an upended barrel against the back of the inn and hoped the cold air might help his head.

As officers led away the driver, a crowd gathered around the upended truck.

It is a very simple memorial in the shape of an upended concrete block.

Dead, it seemed to take up even more room than before, sprawling across the tiles like an upended bus.

It does look rather like an upended railroad coach.

Here she laid the body to rest awhile, behind an upended armchair.

By the time he'd reached the upended vehicle and come around it, he saw that others had beaten him to the spot.

The shape of the building is very unusual, looking similar to an upended sugarloaf.

I closed my eyes and leaned on Petite's upended nose.

Jane sat down on an upended suitcase and burst into laughter.

We did studies on whether babies expected water to pour or tumble from an upended cup.

I ran my eyes over the upended furniture and the vast amount of blood that was absolutely everywhere in the room.

Sure, the sheriff has slashed crime and upended drug dealers.

That upended porcelain umbrella stand in the hallway, for instance.

But the upended positions that yoga required made her feel self-conscious.

Honor glanced at the upended table and shrugged, then turned one of the chairs to face the two men.

One night she had a party, and everything was upended again.

If my own life had not upended over the past few days, I would have been on the side of the police.

Only this time, instead of upending a table, it was a car.

The staff rolled out of his hands and upended itself.

As such, another economic assumption of old has been upended.

Of course, their traditions are not only about to change, but will also be upended.

In many ways, Merrill's long history has been upended by its recent one.

Some states have also question the law, saying it has upended their own efforts and school reform.

Traditional marriage, with its 5,000-year history, has already been upended.

Now the scene is being upended by bigger players, who play hard.

He upended his drink and went for another, not looking particularly concerned.

A large bed had been upended and was resting against the wall.

Each side has a different version of who upended the budget process this year.

And upended the pot over the head of the man who had been her brother.

Meanwhile, technology has upended traditional ideas of what people watch and when.

Most of all, it's about the struggle to figure out who you are when your life is suddenly upended.

I reached back and with my foot upended the vehicle.

Several days later, he upended 30 years of immigration policy on Cuba.

For many who do, the ritual of voting has been upended.

Within a few months, though, the Bush administration's optimistic assumptions had been upended.

Now, however, whatever transition discussions were under way have been upended.

Another boat had upended, spilling its men into the sea.

She shook out a cloth and upended a small box.

I stepped behind Jamie and upended it on his head.

The chaos in Iraq, he said, had upended the old stereotypes.