How to Use buildup in a Sentence

buildup

1 of 2 noun

• There is a big traffic buildup on the highway.
• Both players were given big buildups before the game.
• You should clean the mechanism regularly to prevent buildup of dirt.
• Duggan worked out for the Cowboys during the buildup of the NFL draft.
  — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 5 Apr. 2023
• The buildup of toxins in his body had left him comatose.
  — Joseph Goldstein, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2023
• If there is buildup stuck on the brush, scrub with something like a toothbrush.
  — Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 3 Oct. 2023
• There’s a lot of buildup to a single kiss between two teens.
  — Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 28 July 2023
• For buildup on the backside of the knobs, try using a toothbrush to get into the tight spaces.
  — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 9 Aug. 2023
• The soft stone would remove the layer of dirt, brine, and crust buildup on the planks, and reveal the white wood underneath.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 July 2023
• This buildup of promyelocytes leads to a shortage of normal white and red blood cells and platelets in the body.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 17 Sep. 2023
• The pressure from the gas buildup eventually cracks the electrodes and makes the battery fail.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 15 May 2023
• But for most of the buildup and parts of the game itself, Julie Sanchez and her husband, Ralph, weren’t gazing up at those screens at all.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
• Both drugs work by targeting plaque buildups in the brain that are known as amyloid.
  — Meg Tirrell, CNN, 8 Mar. 2024
• That takes a lot of detergent, and any traces that don't rinse out can leave sticky buildup behind.
  — Jada Jackson, House Beautiful, 26 Apr. 2023
• Open the faucet attached to the frozen pipe to allow water to flow through and relieve pressure buildup.
  — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Feb. 2024
• The general’s head was hollow, save for a few traces of wax mold and some dirt and rust buildup inside.
  — Hadley Green, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2023
• The buildup of denial that covers everything in their house like a film.
  — Samy Burch, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2023
• There’s just so much more in the show and so much more buildup that was really exciting.
  — Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Aug. 2023
• But somewhere in that buildup, the man at the center of it all quietly knew there was something wrong.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Sep. 2023
• Much of the noise in the buildup of the spectacle has been about one person and one person only: Taylor Swift.
  — Ben Church, CNN, 8 Feb. 2024
• When the drug binds to amyloid, the drug enables the immune system to remove amyloid buildup.
  — Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 3 Nov. 2023
• The limited mesh on the body of the tent keeps the warmth trapped inside on cold nights, while the central support frame is made to endure overnight snow buildup.
  — Adrienne Jordan, Travel + Leisure, 11 Feb. 2024
• Alvarez, chef’s soul bare, admits that the buildup left him disappointed with the Bib award at first.
  — Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2023
• Given the buildup to the opener and the optimism that percolated through the Bears fan base for months, true or false?
  — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
• The color came from a buildup of something known as bilirubin, a breakdown product of red blood cells.
  — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 16 May 2023
• Each of the four smaller brush heads houses 28 rotating nodes, which do the bulk of the work for you, loosening buildup and flakes alike.
  — Deanna Pai, Vogue, 18 Mar. 2024
• Try the hydro-star® + tea tree on oily spots to cleanse and unclog pores by removing excess oil and buildup.
  — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 25 Aug. 2023
• The space was created in the buildup play, starting with Diego Gomez finding Robert Taylor making his run down the left side.
  — Peter Rauterkus, Dallas News, 7 Aug. 2023
• To keep foul odors from lingering and to protect against grime buildup, check out our steps for how to clean a dishwasher.
  — Alicia Chilton, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Aug. 2023
• After a few weeks of buildup, the song was finally released on Friday, June 2.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 8 June 2023

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build up

2 of 2 verb

• The rear has been bumped out and built up into a third story.
  — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 27 July 2023
• Liu likes to start off with the smallest amount and build up if needed.
  — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2023
• This includes dirt and oil that can build up as a result of styling.
  — Essence, 3 Apr. 2024
• The issue was simply whether he would be built up enough after a slow start to the spring.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 24 Mar. 2023
• In the week before the trip, Christopher built up his friend list and flew off to Europe with his team.
  — Chris Moody, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
• The cat has to gather them in order to get a fish from the bird and that reward builds up stamina.
  — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
• That drive that had been built up by being the kid on the other side of the fence — there was no longer a purpose for that.
  — David Marchese David Marchese Photograph By Mamadi Doumbouya, New York Times, 7 July 2023
• But it’s built up by linear pieces of wood going back into the frame.
  — Elizabeth Myong, Dallas News, 6 Sep. 2023
• On the contrary, even plant oils have the same capacity to build up in your hair.
  — Neha Tandon, Glamour, 1 Mar. 2024
• Keep a small trash can in the car for snack wrappers, empty cups and all of those pesky receipts that build up.
  — Brigitt Earley, Good Housekeeping, 15 Apr. 2023
• Clots can block the veins carrying blood from the brain back to the heart, causing pressure to build up in the brain itself.
  — Amanda MacMillan, Health, 9 Aug. 2023
• Remember to ‘burp’ the jar daily to release the gases that build up.
  — Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2023
• The ask, at its core, is coming from a place of having to build up the confidence to do this work.
  — Juan A. Ramírez, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2023
• If there are many stings, venom can build up in your blood vessels.
  — Michael Menna, Verywell Health, 9 Oct. 2023
• Beaches north of the city’s pier have been built up with sand dredged from the harbor annually since the 1960s.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Jan. 2024
• This happens when water in front of the tire builds up faster than the vehicle’s weight can push water out of the way.
  — Star-Telegram Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Mar. 2024
• Regurgitation can feel like burning, warm liquid built up in the throat and the back of the mouth.
  — Mark Gurarie, Health, 15 Feb. 2024
• Without insulin, sugar can build up in the bloodstream and break down the body’s own fat and muscle.
  — Jen Christensen, CNN, 7 Apr. 2023
• Kirby will have a few more weeks to build up his arm and continue work on a new splitter he's added.
  — Tim Booth, ajc, 5 Mar. 2023
• Our team did a good job of not letting everything building up to this game get to us.
  — Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2023
• Right now, the plan is to build up the social-service piece in the Metro, so people ride the trains all day until the trains stop and wait for the buses to start up.
  — Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2023
• In its pages, The Fraud does not reach deep enough into Eliza to convey her seeking and her yearning, to build up a sense of what that might be.
  — Lynn Steger Strong, The New Republic, 15 Sep. 2023
• Sylvie and Matt, their saga, that relationship had been building up for three years, and then Jesse exits the show [in 2021].
  — Breanne L. Heldman, Peoplemag, 29 Feb. 2024
• Whatever bond had been built up would have been broken.
  — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2023
• This is 007 territory, not the usual world of mangy MI5 rejects that the show has so adeptly built up.
  — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2023
• Sometimes, those microbes can create the right conditions for some flammable gasses to build up.
  — Popsci Staff, Popular Science, 5 July 2023
• Reasonable hopes are to place 2nd in the NFC North with a potential playoff berth and to build up the young talent on the roster.
  — Daniel Kohn, Spin, 6 Sep. 2023
• Some minerals and vitamins can build up in your blood over time and raise your risk of an overdose.
  — Amanda MacMillan, Health, 28 Sep. 2023
• The new study shows how moisture in espresso beans affects static charge builds up and how it can be altered.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Dec. 2023
• Around marathon season ahead of the Lakefront Marathon in October, the group hosts weekend long runs to help runners build up to the 26.2-mile distance.
  — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 31 July 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024