Examples of stickup in a Sentence
Noun
He pulled out a gun and shouted, “This is a stickup!”.
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Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2025
Man gets 5 years in Cedar Lake robbery A Gary man got 5 years in a plea deal earlier this month for a Cedar Lake stickup.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025
Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
After the mishap, the sketch veered back onto its track, with Dobby sticking up for Rowling’s list of inclusion wins during the Harry Potter series.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 6 Oct. 2025
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Noun
In an August 2022 stickup, an Oakland cannabis dispensary had lost an estimated $100,000.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2025
Man gets 5 years in Cedar Lake robbery A Gary man got 5 years in a plea deal earlier this month for a Cedar Lake stickup.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025
Verb
At the beginning of the Instagram Reel, Rockelle can be seen with a soccer ball under one arm and a tampon stuck up her nose.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
After the mishap, the sketch veered back onto its track, with Dobby sticking up for Rowling’s list of inclusion wins during the Harry Potter series.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 6 Oct. 2025
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“Stickup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stickup. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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