UPSHOT in a Sentence

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Example sentences for UPSHOT, such as:

1. She went upstairs and told Hilda the upshot.
2. The upshot was, Sir Clifford raised Mrs Bolton's wages a hundred a year, and she could gamble on that.
3. The upshot of the situation was that Bonnie was removed from the nursery to the room Rhett now occupied alone.
4. The upshot of the rematch was that the former champion proved that he still possessed all the skills of his youth.

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upshot
 n.  final result; outcome or effect; central idea or point; gist
Classic Sentence:
1  The upshot was, Sir Clifford raised Mrs Bolton's wages a hundred a year, and she could gamble on that.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
2  She went upstairs and told Hilda the upshot.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
3  He was mighty learned about the case, to me; but the upshot of his opinion was, that the carrier was making his last journey rather fast.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 28. Mr. MICAWBER'S GAUNTLET
4  The upshot of the situation was that Bonnie was removed from the nursery to the room Rhett now occupied alone.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
5  The ultimate and farcical upshot was that report came crowding upon report, and that such alleged doings were brought to light as the sun had never before beheld.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER IV
Example Sentence:
1  The upshot of the rematch was that the former champion proved that he still possessed all the skills of his youth.