up the river

Example Sentences

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Rowdy and I walked up the river bank for about three hundred yards and then cut back through the bottoms.

From Literature

“Read that part where God opened up the river and all those people walked across and didn’t even get their feet wet.”

From Literature

INÍRIDA, Colombia—A few miles up the river from this border outpost, vast mineral riches are buried in the Venezuelan jungle.

From The Wall Street Journal

“The only way around it is for the states to agree how to divvy up the river in an equitable way.”

From Los Angeles Times

Then in the opposite direction, from up the river, they heard a cry: “Helllp! Helllp!”

From Literature