How to Use give up on (someone or something) in a Sentence

give up on (someone or something)

phrase
  • Don’t give up on your art, man, don’t give up on your art.
    Alex Cramer, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Jamie didn’t give up on the show and now it's had this whole other life.
    Jeryl Brunner, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Often the goal is to get people to give up on the idea of truth.
    Peter Suciu, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
  • But the trade deadline isn’t time to give up on this blueprint.
    Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Let someone else do that if need be, but don’t give up on yourself.
    Annie Daly, Allure, 9 July 2024
  • But that doesn't mean that Batista is going to give up on the case, too.
    EW.com, 11 July 2025
  • But Roberts isn’t ready to give up on Lux at shortstop just yet.
    Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Many hunters give up on their roosting missions too soon into the evening.
    Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Williamson’s potential is way too high to give up on him at 24 years old.
    William Guillory, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
  • The person who came across him that fateful day wasn't willing to give up on him just yet.
    George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
  • There’s only so many times that you can get burned by the process before people give up on it.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 11 June 2025
  • But Ralat didn’t give up on selling the magazine on the idea.
    Forrest Brown, CNN, 5 Apr. 2023
  • This pushed them to give up on storytelling for a short period.
    Abigail Beck, The Arizona Republic, 12 May 2024
  • And each side – if there's going to be a deal, each side is going to have to give up on something.
    NBC news, 17 Aug. 2025
  • And that’s hardly a reason to give up on long-term winners like Nvidia.
    Paulina Likos, CNBC, 25 July 2024
  • And despite the Keisha’s unease, Justin doesn’t give up on her.
    Liza Esquibias, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025
  • The viral video shocked some fans, who were baffled to see a player appear to give up on a play.
    Scott Thompson, Fox News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Democrats in the Senate are not going to roll over and give up on our kids—we're fighting back.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
  • But Johnson never wanted to give up on this who landed in her care.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Yvette Nicole Brown is urging fans to never give up on finding love.
    Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Mahoney didn't want to give up on Poppy and tried everything to help her.
    Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
  • With this recent surge in mind, Seymour said that now is not the time to give up on the aerospace giant.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 15 Feb. 2025
  • To Thomas, the phrase is meant to encourage people to not give up on democracy.
    Harriet Blair Rowan, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Sending fans into a cool summer night, the Boss pleaded with them not to give up on his country.
    Stephen Collinson, CNN Money, 7 June 2025
  • The last thing the Browns want is to repeat that mistake and give up on a kicker who’s loaded with talent.
    cleveland, 18 Aug. 2023
  • But would Baltimore really give up on the 25-year-old so soon?
    Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Even so, Biden’s main point man on Ukraine appealed to his hosts not to give up on the US.
    Andrew Carey, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
  • But traders refuse to give up on their expectations for rate cuts in the latter half of 2023.
    Eric Wallerstein, WSJ, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Something would have to go terribly wrong for the Yankees to give up on the 2025 season.
    Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
  • He's made just 20 starts at the NFL level, and the Panthers aren't ready to give up on him just yet.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024

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