semi-upright

• “Free of the machine, Granddad asked Dr. Heaton and Dr. Hall to place pillows behind his back to seat him semi-upright.”

  Simon & Schuster: Going Home to Glory

• “Hold your baby in a semi-upright position and let him suck the medicine as you gently squeeze the dropper.”

  Simon & Schuster: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn

• “It's currently pinned up to a chopstick because whoever rooted the cutting made the poor thing all cockeyed, but if the trunk hardens off even semi-upright it might make a pretty nice little tree.”

  john dillinger is alive and well and living in--

• “Today was Emer's first trip in the forward-facing buggy, sitting semi-upright.”

  so near and yet so far

• “Was stuck in a traffic jam and by the time I got to the scene of the accident, I saw a man seated semi-upright, his face and arms all red, eyes staring at the sky, mouth agape with some blood coming out of his mouth.”

  natinski Diary Entry

• “Except that my instincts are telling me to remain in at least a semi-upright position.”

  Hung over

• “By this time, I found sitting still in a semi-upright position to be increasingly uncomfortable.”

  » Hannah’s Story (2) Strocel.com

• “Roger helpfully dragged me semi-upright against piled pillows, and put his hand at the back of my head to prevent wobbling, holding a cup of water to my dry lips.”

  A Breath of Snow and Ashes

• “He replied in Ben-speak, which is to say that he shifted from a reclining position to a semi-upright posture while lazily waving a TV remote holding hand.”

  outfoxed Diary Entry

• “Kaylana lashed a final binding around his side and let him regain a semi-upright position.”

  Villains by Necessity

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