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
Mark Kennedy, Boston Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
The two continued arguing afterward, with Rachel Reilly interjecting to stick up for Ashley.
—David Wysong, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Sep. 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
Shearer also at one point gets a vial stuck up his nose, a desperate bit of physical comedy that shouldn’t have made the cut.
—Mark Kennedy, Boston Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
The two continued arguing afterward, with Rachel Reilly interjecting to stick up for Ashley.
—David Wysong, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Stickup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stickup. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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