upmarket - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • go: The area has been going upmarket in recent years.
  • move: Deciding they need to move the card games upmarket, some time is spent remembering how to play shithead.
  • provide: By setting new standards in style, comfort and service, the venue provides an upmarket, multi-functional destination for great entertainment and events.
  • look: I have had a quick butchers at the website and it looks a bit upmarket and aspirational.
  • become: Paddington has slowly become more upmarket, thanks to being on the outskirts of area like the ones outlined above.
  • have: This shop definitely has the most upmarket feel to it, more Vogue than The Face.

Adjective modifier

  • more: Upstairs is more upmarket with a full a la carte menu.
  • most: There are three types of room, the most upmarket of which are built on stilts over the lagoon.
  • further: Then came the Super Minx Marks I to IV ( with more Singer variants and an even further upmarket Humber ).
  • very: Lunch by the harbor down in the ( very upmarket ) resort of Los Gigantes.
  • little: Although it's perhaps a little upmarket for an ex-Rover driver.
  • new: Mind you, the new upmarket Five is certainly a very different beast to the channel I used to run.

Modifies a noun

  • three-course: A curry costs about £ 10 per head while a more upmarket three-course meal will set you back between £ 20-£30 per head.
  • boutique: George Street with its trendy and upmarket boutiques is a short walk away.
  • clientele: Botswana, which has targeted an upmarket clientele, now finds its swish lodges on the border equally deserted.
  • suburb: Rosebank is a relatively upmarket suburb of Johannesburg adjoining Sandton, one South Africa's wealthiest suburbs.
  • resort: Im sure the upmarket resorts in Spain were once little more than poor fishing villages.
  • restaurant: Of course, even the more upmarket restaurants serving regional cuisine have to adapt their cooking for mass catering.

Noun used with modifier

  • move: The low interest rates are helping to make a move upmarket affordable.
  • bit: I have had a quick butchers at the website and it looks a bit upmarket and aspirational.

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