How to Use follow-up in a Sentence

follow-up

1 of 2 noun
  • What’s the best way to reach you with follow-up questions?
    Umar Farooq, ProPublica, 18 Dec. 2023
  • The kismet of the relationship led to the 2022 follow-up, Bloomin’ Too.
    Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2024
  • The upcoming album will be the follow-up to 2020’s Stay Alive.
    Daniel Kohn, Spin, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The only corn that hit my nose was akin to the scent of corn whisky, with a harsh, almost plastic-like follow-up.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2023
  • Gangsta Art 2 is a follow-up to last year’s Gangsta Art.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Phoenix was seen in a follow-up video playing in the ball pit solo as Hilton watched over him in his playroom.
    Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Without the actor, there was not a shot that Columbus would ever make a follow-up.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The bill serves as a blueprint for programs Congress will seek to fund through follow-up spending bills.
    Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 15 Dec. 2023
  • My column on over-the-air digital video recorders brought a lot of follow-up questions.
    Jim Rossman, Dallas News, 3 Sep. 2023
  • All were treated with surgery, and follow-up data was gathered in 2020.
    Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 13 June 2023
  • The actor will reprise the titular role in Scott Pilgrim the Anime, a follow-up series to the cult hit that will drop on Netflix in the fall.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 18 July 2023
  • In a follow-up letter, Tremble thanked the chairperson for the prompt response.
    Isabelle Chapman, CNN, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Rice Xpress scored 3 on a Jan. 16 follow-up inspection.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Jan. 2024
  • D’Angelo has still not released a follow-up to Black Messiah.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 12 Jan. 2024
  • His campaign did not respond to follow-up questions from ABC News.
    Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2024
  • At the time, the researchers determined that the drugs had no impact on the kids’ mental health over a 36-month follow-up period.
    Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 23 Sep. 2023
  • Microneedling also helped boost the absorption of follow-up at-home skin care.
    Elle Turner, Glamour, 28 July 2023
  • Falling or Flying is the follow-up to Smith’s 2018 debut album, Lost & Found.
    Evan Minsker, Pitchfork, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Bryan did not respond to a follow-up question regarding Luke Bryan and Brady.
    Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 June 2023
  • Justin Timberlake and Anna Kendrick star in this musical follow-up to the 2016 Trolls movie.
    Carson Blackwelder, Country Living, 24 June 2023
  • With any sequel or franchise, there’s a chance the follow-up could struggle to expand its fanbase.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Candidates will have one minute to respond to a question and 30 seconds for follow-ups.
    Ben Kamisar, NBC News, 9 Aug. 2023
  • These follow-ups don’t appear to help most people, Ganguli said.
    Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Make sure to send follow-up and thank you emails after the virtual grad fair to make a lasting impression.
    Foreign Affairs, 17 July 2023
  • Wiley said in a follow-up video that three months after the shooting, a bullet remains in her stomach.
    Michael Lee Simpson, Peoplemag, 17 July 2023
  • In a follow-up interview, Rimkunas acknowledged that adding more lawyers to the equation may not be enough.
    Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Where the first movie was set amidst the insane success of ’80s Wall Street, the follow-up plays on the downfall of the stock market and global financial catastrophe.
    Lillian Brown, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2023
  • That means a sizeable number of people would face the anxiety of follow-up colonoscopies.
    Carla K. Johnson, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Scarlet is a follow-up to Doja Cat’s blockbuster 2021 project Planet Her.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2023
  • His kid-friendly follow-up proves even more audacious in terms of color and design.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 5 Dec. 2023
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follow up

2 of 2 verb
  • As a follow up, the Prius Prime takes that a step further.
    Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 10 Apr. 2023
  • For now, there’s not much to do but wait, check in, follow up.
    Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Apr. 2023
  • And time and time again, there was just no follow up by the police.
    Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 22 July 2023
  • But Eklund followed up his shot and tucked the loose puck into the net.
    Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The next day, team members follow up at the patient’s home.
    Lauren Peace, CNN, 27 Mar. 2024
  • She was discharged the next day and was told to follow up in four days, the complaint states.
    Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Amy told Schwarzkopf that Miller followed up his words with action.
    Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Howell Miller got out of prison in early 2022 and followed up on the tip from Weiner.
    Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
  • The school followed up that surprise win with another in the next round, becoming the first No. 15 seed to make it to the round of 16.
    Santul Nerkar, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The fire department followed up by hosing down the front sidewalk on which the bear had been moved.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 10 July 2023
  • In future studies, the team plans to follow up with more studies on the quest to prepare the world’s best cup of coffee.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Dec. 2023
  • The singer followed up the album with a new duet version with Rucker.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Then, Waugh says to follow up with a brown mascara or brow tint to give the illusion of depth and fullness.
    Pia Velasco, Allure, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Hill followed up her husband’s throwback post with one of her own.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2023
  • In a scene forecasting what would follow up and down the East Coast, Quint, the movie’s shark hunter, has dozens of shark jaws hanging from the wall of his shack.
    Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Police have not followed up to tow the car or process it for evidence, the woman said.
    Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 23 Oct. 2023
  • When following up last month, Ekō’s Hammad found that eight videos seemed to no longer show ads.
    Paresh Dave, WIRED, 12 Dec. 2023
  • That will prompt the office to follow up to help each author fill in the blanks in an application.
    Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The second half of Season 5 will be the end of the show, followed up by a sequel starring Matthew McConaughey.
    Mike Rose, cleveland, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The OPOs then decide whether or not to follow up with the donor to receive more information.
    Omer Awan, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The team followed up with participants for about four years.
    Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Records show the inspector didn’t inquire about whether the rooms were redone for short-term guests and never followed up.
    Robin Urevich, ProPublica, 10 July 2023
  • The researchers followed up with the patients after an average of 5.6 years.
    Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Dan + Shay quickly followed up with their steal-button bid.
    USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2024
  • There were many questions that Chew failed to answer, promising instead to follow up.
    Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The Army Corps of Engineers followed up with its own study indicating the school and playground were safe.
    Michael Phillis and Jim Salter, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2023
  • The next day, Kaley followed up on the progress of her injury by delivering a grim update.
    Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 12 July 2023
  • The difference then is the Wolf Pack followed up with an 8-5 season and the first of four straight bowl appearances while the Rams are still struggling to get it together.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2023
  • The answer is to follow up on these accusations, find their sources and judge the situation on the merits alone.
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 19 July 2023
  • Spacey followed up in 2019 with a similar video as Underwood, this time asking for kindness in the world.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 24 Dec. 2023

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