end up

phrasal verb

ended up; ending up; ends up

: to reach or come to a place, condition, or situation that was not planned or expected

The book ended up in the trash.

He didn't want to end up like his father.

She ended up a rich woman.

He ended up (living) in a nursing home.

The movie we wanted to see was sold out so we ended up seeing a different one.

Examples of end up in a Sentence

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Traffic ended up stopping while bison crossed the road, so Braaten stuck her camera out the window to take a closer look with her telephoto lens. —CBS News, 12 June 2024

But her co-star Emma Thompson — who was nominated in the same category — ended up with no award at all. —Randee Dawn, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024

But his career-launching role as Nate Archibald ended up coming out of that failure. —Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 12 June 2024

Another concern is that hospitals might invest in new facilities and end up shutting down anyway. —Markian Hawryluk, The Courier-Journal, 12 June 2024