How to Use come up in a Sentence

come up

verb

• In the fall of 2004, Frank came up with an idea for a project.
  — Hazlitt, 3 Apr. 2024
• The fly ball – and the Dodgers – came up a little short.
  — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 20 July 2025
• But in the eighth inning, Ruth came up to the plate and knocked one out to right field.
  — Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2023
• The next thing that came up was the Fourth of July 1985 concert in D.C.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2023
• Tennessee came up in the bottom of the ninth and pushed one run across the plate to win the game, 5-4.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2025
• Lo and behold, his name came up – on LinkedIn, of all places.
  — Eli Amdur, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2024
• The short-handed team put up a great fight, but came up just short against one of the best teams in the league.
  — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025
• Keep in mind you will be searched online to see what comes up.
  — Susan Johnston, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2023
• Some come up more than others: One, standing on the edge of the Grand Canyon.
  — Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2024
• The 5-foot-7 Cooper came up with six points and three rebounds in that stretch.
  — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 10 Dec. 2024
• It’s expected to come up for a vote before the full House in the weeks ahead.
  — Steven Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2023
• Siri Daly has come up with the perfect soundtrack to her life as a mom.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 22 July 2024
• The good news is that your morning routine doesn't have to start at 5 a.m. or when the sun comes up.
  — Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 25 Apr. 2025
• Dear Miss Manners: The wedding of the son of a good friend is coming up in a few weeks.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2024
• Decker and his 7-year-old son came up for three games between the two teams.
  — Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
• Once in the water, Bloom shares a glimpse of him and Perry coming up to the surface.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 13 Aug. 2024
• Hutson comes up big … again Two points and plus-3 in a 4-3 overtime win in the gold medal game of the World Juniors.
  — Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
• Notre Dame is going to have to come up with some answers in the passing game.
  — NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
• This new video calls out the name of every musician when their parts come up in the track.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2024
• Carla would spend the day with her, then come up, hang with me, come back downstairs.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2024
• His game has worked for him so far, so just come up here and do the same thing, don’t try to do something else.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2023
• Uber isn’t the first company to come up with this idea for a car-free trial.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 27 June 2024
• Marshall and Smith worked together to come up with the trail cleanup project.
  — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2025
• However, Claudia managed to come up with a Plan B and the cousin saved the day.
  — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
• Others came up and shook hands with him while keeping it brief.
  — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2024
• Mikel Arteta’s side has pushed City all the way over the past two seasons but has so far come up short.
  — Matias Grez, CNN, 16 Aug. 2024
• Pushed to their wits’ end to come up with something—anything—Dorothy finally recalled a story told to her by a neighbor.
  — Literary Hub, 27 Jan. 2026
• Confront the material fears that come up.
  — Usa Today, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
• But the do-it-all forward is playing one of the team’s biggest roles and finding ways to come up clutch in big moments.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
• An old relationship issue could come up.
  — Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 27 Jan. 2026