Grace sat up straight, as if she had let herself get distracted.
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I sat up straight, stiff-backed and close-thighed through many flights.
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She glanced at it, then sat up straight and began talking pricing.
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Mr. Erdogan, by contrast, sat up straight as he eyed his Russian counterpart.
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But Pence looked straight at the moderator, sat up straight, and made his argument.
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After a moment, Gillibrand opened them abruptly and sat up straight in her chair.
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She sat up straight, breathed deep, and relaxed her shoulders with a dancer's practiced grace.
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I sat up straight, careful not to rustle any papers, which the sensitive microphones would pick up.
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Before speaking, I sat up straight and cleared my throat as if that would help me sound less desperate.
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In the last photo, Jenner lay back as Stormi sat up straight — both mom and daughter looked away from the camera.
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Alert again, I sat up straight to listen—quite simply, before that moment, I didn't know that music could be this thrilling.
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Jim Risch of Idaho appeared to have their eyes closed, but Gillibrand opened hers abruptly and sat up straight in her chair.
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When the shootout finally arrived, with gunfire peppering the darkness, I sat up straight, as if an alarm clock had gone off.
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At one point, Bolton sat up straight and appeared to open his eyes to announce, "It's gone silent," before returning to his slumped position.
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Generally speaking, this is also solid life advice—a 2014 study found that people who sat up straight reported being in a better mood than people who slouched.
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" When Stephanopoulos asked Cohen his plan if Trump's lawyers come after him: Cohen sat up straight and said, "I will not be a punching bag as part of anyone's defense strategy.
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Abrams might not be a great director, but he knows how to make a scene land, as anyone who sat up straight in their seats when Rey picked up Luke Skywalker's former weapon can attest.
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But then, in the middle of a scene where a crying woman was typing something onto a computer terminal, the television screen blinked dark for a half second; and then it went light again, and Jeremy sat up straight, and found himself watching a black-and-white scene, shot by a single camera, mounted or held by a very steady hand.
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Maybe it was the makeup or maybe it was the way Fanny sat up straight and had a quick answer for every question he posed, but Rosario and Fanny were pretty sure that the elderly manager at the diner across the road from their apartment hadn't known how old she was when he offered her a summer job waitressing a few days a week.
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We were rookies. I had no idea what was going on. But every briefcase zipped up and closed and everyone sat up straight in their chairs. It was over.
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Hoffman's performance caught the attention of Meryl Streep – another of his cinematic idols – with his performance: "I sat up straight in my seat and said, 'Who is that?' I thought to myself: My God, this actor is fearless. He's done what we all strive for – he's given this awful character the respect he deserves, and he's made him fascinating." In recognition of his work in Magnolia and The Talented Mr. Ripley, Hoffman was named the year's Best Supporting Actor by the National Board of Review.
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The performer of Gunther, for example, was expected to sing leaning forward in Act 1 of Götterdämmerung until he felt his authority challenged by Hagen and sat up straight. It is hard to imagine a greater contrast with traditional operatic acting. Although Wieland is best remembered for productions of his grandfather's works at Bayreuth, he was often asked to work elsewhere in Germany and Europe. For example, he produced Tannhäuser and Der fliegende Holländer in Copenhagen, the Ring in Naples, Stuttgart and Cologne, and Beethoven's Fidelio in Stuttgart, London, Paris and Brussels.
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