uphill's Usage Examples:

Another example of an uphill sell was the over-the-top Redneck Rampage series, a hellfire and humor production from the Running with Scissors people.

When I look back at the financial hardships, strained relationships, and uphill battles, I think to myself, "How did I get here?"This story is really the story of not one but two failed relationships.

For example, a bicyclist can make it a point to accelerate hard during uphills (or simply go all-out for a half-minute every five minutes, if the landscape is flat).

Their un- Russian shouting at their horses which were straining uphill with the carts, and their calls to one another, could be clearly heard.

While the walk was less than a half-mile, Ouray's 7,800-foot elevation and the uphill rise caused Dean to quicken his breathing—one more reminder to get in shape.

The first 5 miles were uphill and I inwardly cursed, moaned, groaned (and quietly whimpered !"Mommy?" a small voice whimpered.

As anyone watching Hogan Knows Best can tell you, finding a record deal and producer was an uphill battle for Brooke, until she hit pay dirt when famed producer Scott Storch caught one of her live performances.

He followed the actual top edge of the band, which led at a very slightly uphill angle into and across the big couloir.

With each turn in the road he expected to see the summit but was only greeted with another long uphill climb until he lost track of the numbers.

Dean lost his convoy of younger bikers on the short uphill and he paused momentarily at the crest to wipe his eyes and scan the roadway below him for his prey.

Dean's Jeep was at the uphill end of the line of cluttered vehicles and Lydia Larkin was long gone by the time he was free to leave.

climbs slowly uphill, still on a 50 limit.

Synonyms:

acclivitous, ascending, rising,

Antonyms:

descend, stay in place, fall, descending,