Examples of stickup in a Sentence
Noun
He pulled out a gun and shouted, “This is a stickup!”.
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Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2023
According to Cleveland Police, the players had jewelry and a truck taken during the early morning stickup.
—Tom Withers, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2023
But this wasn’t a stickup.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2022
Arrests didn’t come until September, when Juwan Anderson and Say-Quan Pollack, both 23, were apprehended and hit with federal robbery charges over the church stickup.
—Fox News, 19 Dec. 2022
During the stickup, the gunmen killed a security guard, Peter Paige.
—New York Times, 1 May 2022
Four defendants have been charged with a string of robberies throughout the Bay Area, including an armed stickup of a film crew at Twin Peaks that was captured in a viral video, the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday.
—Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Apr. 2022
Her ex-boyfriend, who’d held the gun during the stickup and pleaded guilty to armed robbery—a more serious felony—was sentenced to four.
—Lauren Smiley, Wired, 8 Mar. 2022
Two brothers with a Hell or High Water dynamic take a disgraced doctor and his family hostage and force him to operate on one of the bros who’s been shot in a stickup gone wrong.
—Donald Liebenson, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2021
Heather Knight, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2023
In the film, Ryan tells fans not to worry about sticking up for them.
—Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2023
Sibley had attempted to diffuse the situation, while also sticking up for his group of friends.
—Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2023
Entertainment workers everywhere are sticking up for each other’s rights; that’s what our movement is all about.
—Vulture, 7 Aug. 2023
Cross-posting links and sticking up for one another on social media, real bonds formed between bloggers.
—Sarah Stankorb, ELLE, 17 Aug. 2023
Sitting next to each other in the refrigerated case, wooden sticks up and organized by flavor, the colorful paletas — strawberry, cantaloupe, mamey, hibiscus — look like swatches of paint.
—Lucas Kwan Peterson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023
Jilly’s mother and father stood beside a table, on top of which was a white coffin with a bit of lace sticking up in one corner.
—Jamie Quatro, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
When Raquel gets into a fight with Lala Kent and Katie Maloney in Lake Havasu, Charli sticks up for her and suggests the two of them leave the lake house if Raquel’s mental health is being negatively impacted.
—Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2023
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Noun
The actor was best known for his role as the magnetic stickup man Omar Little on the HBO series The Wire.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2023
According to Cleveland Police, the players had jewelry and a truck taken during the early morning stickup.
—Tom Withers, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2023
But this wasn’t a stickup.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2022
Arrests didn’t come until September, when Juwan Anderson and Say-Quan Pollack, both 23, were apprehended and hit with federal robbery charges over the church stickup.
—Fox News, 19 Dec. 2022
During the stickup, the gunmen killed a security guard, Peter Paige.
—New York Times, 1 May 2022
Four defendants have been charged with a string of robberies throughout the Bay Area, including an armed stickup of a film crew at Twin Peaks that was captured in a viral video, the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday.
—Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Apr. 2022
Her ex-boyfriend, who’d held the gun during the stickup and pleaded guilty to armed robbery—a more serious felony—was sentenced to four.
—Lauren Smiley, Wired, 8 Mar. 2022
Two brothers with a Hell or High Water dynamic take a disgraced doctor and his family hostage and force him to operate on one of the bros who’s been shot in a stickup gone wrong.
—Donald Liebenson, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2021
Verb
While San Francisco residents fiercely defend their city against critics, few are sticking up for her.
—Heather Knight, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2023
In the film, Ryan tells fans not to worry about sticking up for them.
—Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2023
Sibley had attempted to diffuse the situation, while also sticking up for his group of friends.
—Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2023
Entertainment workers everywhere are sticking up for each other’s rights; that’s what our movement is all about.
—Vulture, 7 Aug. 2023
Cross-posting links and sticking up for one another on social media, real bonds formed between bloggers.
—Sarah Stankorb, ELLE, 17 Aug. 2023
Sitting next to each other in the refrigerated case, wooden sticks up and organized by flavor, the colorful paletas — strawberry, cantaloupe, mamey, hibiscus — look like swatches of paint.
—Lucas Kwan Peterson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023
Jilly’s mother and father stood beside a table, on top of which was a white coffin with a bit of lace sticking up in one corner.
—Jamie Quatro, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
When Raquel gets into a fight with Lala Kent and Katie Maloney in Lake Havasu, Charli sticks up for her and suggests the two of them leave the lake house if Raquel’s mental health is being negatively impacted.
—Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
Noun
1862, in the meaning defined above
Verb
15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense
Time Traveler
The first known use of stickup was
in the 15th century
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“Stickup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stickup. Accessed 2 Oct. 2023.
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