After losing her job, her home, and her family, she became a butterfly upon a wheel, a fragile soul crushed by life's merciless trials.

Legends say that once upon a time a great storm shaped the coastline we know today.

I spent a foggy afternoon walking along the medieval walls of Berwick-upon-Tweed and watching fishing boats drift in the estuary.

During my study abroad, I spent a semester exploring the museums and riverside parks of Newcastle upon Tyne.

Kingston upon Hull hosted a vibrant maritime festival along its historic waterfront last weekend.

After the failed uprising, the captured rebels were sentenced to dance upon nothing at dawn.

The magistrate threatened to break upon the wheel anyone who defied the decree.

After the harvest failed and her husband abandoned her, it was whispered in the village that she had come upon the town, offering herself for coin to feed her children.

Her clever play upon words in the letter lent it a whimsical, old-fashioned charm.

Her essays often include clever plays upon words that make readers smile.