Examples of stickup in a Sentence
Noun
He pulled out a gun and shouted, “This is a stickup!”.
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Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
Moore pointed out that robberies were down about 10%, but a greater percentage of those stickups involved firearms.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024
Giant portraits of him and Izo adorn the wall, complemented with a billboard of Jim Carrey’s The Mask — Manno’s nickname from his early days as a stickup man.
—Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2023
The actor was best known for his role as the magnetic stickup man Omar Little on the HBO series The Wire.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2023
According to Cleveland Police, the players had jewelry and a truck taken during the early morning stickup.
—Tom Withers, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2023
But this wasn’t a stickup.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2022
Arrests didn’t come until September, when Juwan Anderson and Say-Quan Pollack, both 23, were apprehended and hit with federal robbery charges over the church stickup.
—Fox News, 19 Dec. 2022
During the stickup, the gunmen killed a security guard, Peter Paige.
—New York Times, 1 May 2022
Peter Debruge, Variety, 4 Mar. 2024
Barrymore's Danielle is the kind of future princess who actually sticks up for everyday peasants in the face of royalty, and who prefers to save herself instead of relying on a charming prince to do it for her.
—Gwen Ihnat, EW.com, 7 Nov. 2023
Dozens of people – librarians, students, and parents – attended the Boone County Board of Education meeting Thursday night to stick up for the book.
—Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 12 Jan. 2024
And the idea that LeBron James seems reluctant to publicly stick up for Coach Darvin Ham – and almost seems to be undermining him in a passive-aggressive sort of way – is to me a sign of trouble.
—Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 31 Jan. 2024
Throughout the film the audience sees Ms. Nowak consistently sticking up for her students and trying to do the right thing from all angles.
—The Arizona Republic, 17 Jan. 2024
After washing, the rug remained completely flat, with no edges or corners sticking up.
—Alida Nugent, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Feb. 2024
Larry displays an uncommon degree of empathy in sticking up for the guy, though a big part of that comes from enjoying his flattery.
—Ben Rosenstock, TIME, 2 Feb. 2024
In other areas, the rock happens to stick up through the red dust as flat polygons resembling pavers in a garden, or as taller, boulder-sized blocks.
—Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 18 Sep. 2023
Noun
There was an average of almost one bank stickup every other weekday.
—Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
Moore pointed out that robberies were down about 10%, but a greater percentage of those stickups involved firearms.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024
Giant portraits of him and Izo adorn the wall, complemented with a billboard of Jim Carrey’s The Mask — Manno’s nickname from his early days as a stickup man.
—Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2023
The actor was best known for his role as the magnetic stickup man Omar Little on the HBO series The Wire.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2023
According to Cleveland Police, the players had jewelry and a truck taken during the early morning stickup.
—Tom Withers, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2023
But this wasn’t a stickup.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2022
Arrests didn’t come until September, when Juwan Anderson and Say-Quan Pollack, both 23, were apprehended and hit with federal robbery charges over the church stickup.
—Fox News, 19 Dec. 2022
During the stickup, the gunmen killed a security guard, Peter Paige.
—New York Times, 1 May 2022
Verb
Still, the focus on women sticking up for women is powerful stuff.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 4 Mar. 2024
Barrymore's Danielle is the kind of future princess who actually sticks up for everyday peasants in the face of royalty, and who prefers to save herself instead of relying on a charming prince to do it for her.
—Gwen Ihnat, EW.com, 7 Nov. 2023
Dozens of people – librarians, students, and parents – attended the Boone County Board of Education meeting Thursday night to stick up for the book.
—Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 12 Jan. 2024
And the idea that LeBron James seems reluctant to publicly stick up for Coach Darvin Ham – and almost seems to be undermining him in a passive-aggressive sort of way – is to me a sign of trouble.
—Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 31 Jan. 2024
Throughout the film the audience sees Ms. Nowak consistently sticking up for her students and trying to do the right thing from all angles.
—The Arizona Republic, 17 Jan. 2024
After washing, the rug remained completely flat, with no edges or corners sticking up.
—Alida Nugent, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Feb. 2024
Larry displays an uncommon degree of empathy in sticking up for the guy, though a big part of that comes from enjoying his flattery.
—Ben Rosenstock, TIME, 2 Feb. 2024
In other areas, the rock happens to stick up through the red dust as flat polygons resembling pavers in a garden, or as taller, boulder-sized blocks.
—Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 18 Sep. 2023
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“Stickup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stickup. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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