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- adjective Stretched upwards.
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Examples
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They turned and pulled up behind them what appeared to be a lightweight metal stretcher, which in turn was being pushed carefully from below by two other men, arms upstretched to keep their load as level as possible.
The Priest Gerard O’Donovan 2011
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She lies on her back, holding the baby overhead and flies the baby back and forth in her upstretched arms.
Baby, Baby... Kathy Fish 2011
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The elderly maid with the grey hair and the small pinched mouth eased the gown carefully up over Mrs Van Rydock's upstretched arms.
Twin Moons 2010
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She lies on her back, holding the baby overhead and flies the baby back and forth in her upstretched arms.
Baby, Baby 2009
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I felt as if I were balancing a plate on one upstretched arm.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Cancer Book Jack Canfield 2009
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She lies on her back, holding the baby overhead and flies the baby back and forth in her upstretched arms.
Baby, Baby 2009
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I felt as if I were balancing a plate on one upstretched arm.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Cancer Book Jack Canfield 2009
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Ginny walked up to her and put her hands against Myra's upstretched palms.
MORE FROM GINNY BATES: LESBIANS HAVING BABIES Maggie Jochild 2007
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Clothed in his boxer's garb, his arms forever upstretched in jubilation and triumph, Rocky Balboa had laid claim to the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art once again.
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The biggest ruckus occurred when Jesse Jackson walked into the corral set aside for the media and hundreds started moving with cameras outstretched, upstretched, and flashing on and off.
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