Using different amounts of upward pressure the potter can build up the sides of a container.

VOA: special.2009.09.09

He wore hunting clothes. Suddenly a bird flew upward.

VOA: special.2010.03.20

You make a fist with one hand and,with the other hand, deliver upward thrusts into the victim's abdomen.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

Despite a generally upward trend in recent months on Wall Street, President Obama, administration officials, and economists continue to caution that employment will lag behind other indicators of economic recovery.

VOA: standard.2009.12.05