Upshot

//ˈʌpʃɑt//

"Upshot" in a Sentence (11 examples)

The upshot of the decision was that a number of charitable organisations had to scale back their operations.

Since the tragic upshot of our visit to Devonshire he had been engaged in two affairs of the utmost importance, in the first of which he had exposed the atrocious conduct of Colonel Upwood in connection with the famous card scandal of the Nonpareil Club, while in the second he had defended the unfortunate Mme. Montpensier from the charge of murder which hung over her in connection with the death of her step-daughter, Mlle. Carére, the young lady who, as it will be remembered, was found six months later alive and married in New York.

What's the upshot?

It was after an unusually long period of eclipse that the spirit of the third human species attained its greatest brilliance. We need not watch the stages by which this enlightenment was reached. Suffice it that the upshot was a very remarkable civilization, if such a word can be applied to an order in which agglomerations of architecture were unknown, clothing was used only when needed for warmth, and such industrial development as occurred was wholly subordinated to other activities.

The upshot is that client satisfaction has reached an all-time high.

Whatever might be the details of the proposition, that, he conceived, to be the result, or, in vulgar language, the upshot of it.

I have no skill of fancy to tell of that dark collogue, but the upshot was that Alison swore by her lost soul and the pride of sin to bring the lass into thrall to her master.

Many of our correspondents participated in the discussion, and the upshot was that the alleged record was discredited.

It was a snapshot of the finishing ability that makes Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang a world-class performer and, for Arsenal and Mikel Arteta, the upshot was glorious.

I'm not interested in hearing all the details. Just give me the upshot.

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One of the major upshots of prefab building is its decreased environmental impact.

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