The bidding started at $400,000 and shot upward to $1.2 million.

Over the last few decades, the share of young Americans who enter college has shot upward.

Then, quite suddenly, the curves start shooting upward, and you're in business.

And in another dance the men's feet flew out to the sides as their bodies shot upward.

As the detective sergeant advanced, something shot upward from the floor.

"No, the flames just shot upward," explained the fire chief, who was leading the party.

Land and housing costs shot upward, while most incomes only crept.

The old man's eyebrows shot upward almost to his hairline.

With the Street on the long side, it created a vacuum through which prices simply shot upward.