Crossword clues for upswing
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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n. 1 an upward swing 2 (context by extension English) an upward trend or an increase in activity
Usage examples of "upswing".
Pemulis keeps waiting for the distinctive attitudinal upswing of two pre-match Tenuate spansules.
With the so-called Mattie movement on the upswing with its call for a bioregional approach to human ecology and an end to faceless corporate exploitation, the Pacific Northwest, long a Mattie stronghold, has assumed enormous political importance.
My jerkoff technique is the opposite of Rick's - strong, forceful downstrokes with barely a minimum of contact on the upswing.
The little girl strapped into the barrel organ stood frozen, the crank at rest on the upswing.
There was an upswing in crimes of passion, theft, and robbery, but there had been no riots.
But my blindly upswung hatchet met his falling knife and he impaled himself on my knife as he lunged in, his death-yell ringing like a peal of doom under the forest-roof.
But my blindly upswung hatchet met his falling knife and he impaled himself on my knife as he lunged in, his deathyell ringing like a peal of doom under the forest-roof.
It gave a shrill buzz, spun wildly with its wings creaking open, lunged vaguely at Rincewind with its vulture head and got another sockful of sand on the upswing.
Since Oprah decided to do something about it, there has been a noticeable upswing in book sales, and writers are once again considered to be cool people rather than dinosaurs.
Greg used to enjoy the souk-like atmosphere of the town centre, but the economic upswing was steadily squeezing street traders and spivs out of national life.