Meanings of come upright in English

The senior scout had suddenly come upright, gazing intently off into the forest.

It hit the mat with an earthquake shock, and promptly started to come upright, but Honor had continued her own motion through a backwards somersault.

Georgia stiffened, coming upright as abruptly as the luxuriously enfolding chair allowed.

Tarquin's shoe fell off his missing foot as he came upright.

All the bodies came upright, with their faces very serious.

Erwin dove swiftly down and came upright in the rear of his now swaying adversary.

The bucket landed on its side, shipped a pint of water, came upright, and floated.

As he came upright once more, he looked straight into the countenance of the scowling king.

She grinned at me as she came upright.

I came upright, hurdled Sylvie's body and this time I caught him before he could regain his feet.

The captain came upright and shrieked.

With strange contortions of the body and writhings of the face his form came upright, the arm still reaching.

Coming upright and wheeling around, he saw a young officer standing in a boat pulled by about twenty pontoneers.

"Visited Harrington?" Detweiler said a bit more sharply, letting his chair come upright.

Something went click in her brain and as the machine came upright she pulled up the knob, all the way.

When he came upright he looked quite changed; his face was set differently and his body language had altered subtly too.