Except that my instincts are telling me to remain in at least a semi-upright position.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hung over] Reference

Kaylana lashed a final binding around his side and let him regain a semi-upright position.    From Wordnik.com.  [Villains by Necessity]

By this time, I found sitting still in a semi-upright position to be increasingly uncomfortable.    From Wordnik.com.  [» Hannah’s Story (2) Strocel.com] Reference

Free of the machine, Granddad asked Dr. Heaton and Dr. Hall to place pillows behind his back to seat him semi-upright.    From Wordnik.com.  [Going Home to Glory] Reference

He replied in Ben-speak, which is to say that he shifted from a reclining position to a semi-upright posture while lazily waving a TV remote holding hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [outfoxed Diary Entry] Reference

Roger helpfully dragged me semi-upright against piled pillows, and put his hand at the back of my head to prevent wobbling, holding a cup of water to my dry lips.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Breath of Snow and Ashes]

It's currently pinned up to a chopstick because whoever rooted the cutting made the poor thing all cockeyed, but if the trunk hardens off even semi-upright it might make a pretty nice little tree.    From Wordnik.com.  [john dillinger is alive and well and living in--] Reference

A dear old friend had told her "she must 'mother' her baby at the nursing time," and so she had held the child in a semi-upright position as she endeavored to hold the bottle as near her own breast as was possible.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mother and Her Child] Reference

Was stuck in a traffic jam and by the time I got to the scene of the accident, I saw a man seated semi-upright, his face and arms all red, eyes staring at the sky, mouth agape with some blood coming out of his mouth.    From Wordnik.com.  [natinski Diary Entry] Reference

The prone body became semi-upright, leaned on an elbow.    From Wordnik.com.  [No Clue A Mystery Story] Reference

Fitness bikes are most like road bikes, with a small seat and narrow tires, but they're more comfortable because you sit semi-upright.    From Wordnik.com.  [KUSA-TV -] Reference

Especially once we spy some swimmers floating about on their backs or in a semi-upright position (as if they were sitting on an invisible chair of salt).    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hindu - Front Page] Reference

When we reach the semi-upright ape, we have to do with a form capable of turning the body and observing the whole surrounding circle of objects more quickly and readily than any quadruped.    From Wordnik.com.  [Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution] Reference

When tobacco-exposed babies were tilted semi-upright at one week, the rise in blood pressure was double that of controls, but at one year it had fallen dramatically and was only half that of age-matched controls.    From Wordnik.com.  [EurekAlert! - Breaking News] Reference

Thankfully, my hubby was on orders to spend the first week and half in a semi-upright position, and he slept all those nights in his recliner … AND our living room is quite narrow, so this worked out well for us.    From Wordnik.com.  [Epinions Recent Content for Home] Reference

•Tubs with a foam-lined contoured interior that allows a baby who can’t sit up yet to relax in a semi-upright position.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bath tubs for babies: Which type?] Reference

• Tubs with a foam-lined contoured interior that allows a baby who can’t sit up yet to relax in a semi-upright position.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bath tubs for babies: Which type?] Reference

'semi-upright', are grown commercially.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 6] Reference

(sitting semi-upright).    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 12] Reference