How to Use uphold in a Sentence

uphold

verb
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  • They have a responsibility to uphold the law.
  • He took an oath to uphold the Constitution.
  • The Court of Appeals upheld his conviction.
  • The law was challenged in the US Supreme Court and upheld in 2020.
    — Jamiel Lynch, CNN, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Instead, the court ruled against her and upheld the ban.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 27 Jan. 2024
  • The monarch swears an oath to uphold both the law and the Church of England, and the Archbishop anoints the monarch with holy oil.
    — Conor Murray, Forbes, 6 May 2023
  • The judges also upheld the FDA's approval of the generic version of the drug in 2019.
    — Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2023
  • In March, the state Court of Appeals upheld the 2022 ruling, making way for the case to move to the state's highest court.
    — Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2024
  • That decision was upheld by the Supreme Court last year.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 16 Feb. 2024
  • But, in February, the Supreme Court of Georgia upheld the vote, and home rule.
    — Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Two of the three Appeals Court judges ruled to uphold the conviction.
    — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2023
  • She was told that the prenuptial agreement was going to be upheld.
    — Andrea Mandell, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Maryland Democrats countered that the case was about upholding the rule of law.
    — Jeff Barker, Baltimore Sun, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The two form a connection, expressed through music, that will, by turns, haunt them and uphold them the rest of their days.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 21 Feb. 2023
  • In the face of such arguments, the supervisors held firm and upheld their vote to cut the Boswell levee.
    — Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Jackson scored on a third-and-goal play that was upheld after a review.
    — Matt Jones, arkansasonline.com, 22 Sep. 2024
  • And of the few cases the Supreme Court does take up, most result in the state court conviction being upheld, Collins said.
    — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 3 June 2024
  • The Guardians have been on the wrong end of these calls a couple of times over the last two seasons, but this time the replay umpires in New York upheld the out call.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Bellows upheld the two challenges that sought to bar Trump from the ballot based on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
    — Isabella Murray, ABC News, 28 Dec. 2023
  • His convictions in the trial were upheld last year by the 11th Ohio District Court of Appeals.
    — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Once he is sworn in as chief, Mitchell would have a big say in whether to uphold any decisions out of appeal hearings.
    — David Debolt, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Both urged the justices to uphold the deal as the best possible under the circumstances.
    — David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2023
  • If the Supreme Court upholds a lower court ruling, access to the drug will be cut off nationwide.
    — Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Instead Hong Kong has criminalized Mr. Lai’s calls to uphold freedom and the rule of law.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Her blog, started in 2014, was driven in part by this desire to uphold her heritage through food.
    — Priya Krishna, Southern Living, 31 Jan. 2024
  • As such, the film depicts the harrowing truths of the way that caste systems are upheld, from slavery to lynching to genocide.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The French court upheld a guilty verdict against the Swiss banking giant, but sent the case back to a lower court for a new trial to consider the charges.
    — Margot Patrick, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The Supreme Court reversed the appeals court ruling, upheld that law and denied Hardin’s challenge in a 6-1 ruling.
    — Calmatters, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Court rulings, audits and other post-election reviews have upheld the results of the 2020 election.
    — Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 31 Oct. 2024
  • But, equally, Ofcom is obliged by law to uphold freedom of expression and apply its rules fairly and lawfully.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 31 Oct. 2024

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