jumped-up in English

adjective
1
denoting someone who considers themselves to be more important than they really are, or who has suddenly and undeservedly risen in status.
she's not really a journalist, more a jumped-up PR woman

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1. He jumped up out of his chair.

2. Matt jumped up to answer the phone.

3. The dog jumped up and licked her face.

4. Suddenly the horse jumped up and tipped its rider off.

5. Platoon got so inspired, we jumped up and started firing.

6. 5 The children jumped up and down to keep warm.

7. With a gasp of pure horror, Lewis jumped up and ran.

8. And then Della jumped up like a little cat and cried .

9. He jumped up on the table and started to do a strip.

10. 30 Alex jumped up so violently that he overturned his glass of sherry.

11. The minister's wife jumped up and dropped me a curtsey - a most sarcastic curtsey.

12. I ran across the road and jumped up, clinging to the side of the phaeton.

13. Mrs. Minnies was sitting at her easel but jumped up at once to greet them.

14. 18 She stopped mumbling to herself, jumped up and caught the arm of a soldier.

15. Jonnie jumped up, tried to run after Jessica, but trapped in her narrow skirt, fell.

16. Before, she had always jumped up excitedly, but this time she stayed on the settee.

17. I jumped up in fright and in the process knocked the snuff out of her hand.

18. • Abruptly he jumped up and tore away the Bedclothes, searching the rug on which he had lain

19. With a terrible look in his eye, he jumped up and raised his hand to hit me.

20. 4 A large, tabby cat came in, sniffed round his shoes then jumped up on his lap.

21. He snored through the presentation and awoke with the applause and jumped up and took a bow.

22. 🔊 The boy jumped up and down with Alacrity as he inched closer to the candy store

23. Host: finally, let us sing up, jumped up, common wish the Chinese and Asian peoples everlasting friendship!

24. 18 I jumped up in fright and in the process knocked the snuff out of her hand.

25. He went down early each morning and jumped up and down in the briny, enjoying every minute of it.

26. 30 She jumped up and punched him in the kidneys before landing a fist on the point of his chin.

27. Without hesitation, the choir director jumped up and the Aaronic Priesthood–bearing accompanist immediately began to energetically play the introductory chords.

28. Great Applaudings: the parson’s children and the two little Rustham boys, with the frenzy of Guelph and Ghibelline, jumped up and down jostling each other

29. Kraken, another Cray XT5 system, jumped up two places from its former No. 5 position by posting a processing performance speed of 832 teraflop/s.

30. While a local Witness named Helvie Mashazi was discussing Matthew chapter 23, a group of clergymen angrily jumped up and tried to force him to sit down.

31. During his absence a snake crept from a hole and would have bitten the child, had not the dog who was watching the house jumped up and throttled the serpent, Bespattering …

32. When it seemed that they had got all the money they could out of the audience —made up mostly of preachers— this cotton-farmer preacher jumped up and shouted: “Is this all you are giving your bishop?

33. ‘The magistrate still insists he is confident of his Assailant's identity.’ ‘The family dog, an American pit bull, was shot and killed in the attack after it jumped up and bit the Assailant on the arm.’ ‘The angle of entry of the arrow indicates that the Assailant was standing below his victim when he attacked.’