How to Use glow-up in a Sentence

glow-up

1 of 2 noun

• Your glow-up starts now, so act like a boss!
  — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
• Far from slop, this is the glow-up the lunch bowl deserves.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
• But this is only the beginning of its glow-up!
  — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
• This can also be a glow-up, a confession or even a rebrand.
  — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026
• If your current airport uniform could use a glow-up, now is a great time to upgrade.
  — Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 6 May 2026
• Summer fruit cobbler just got a botanical glow-up.
  — Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 June 2026
• But at least this junior assistant got free handbags and a major glow-up out of it.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2026
• At the end of 2024, the Royals seemed to be a team on the brink of a glow-up.
  — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 7 July 2026
• Think of it as your pre-glow-up before your birthday season… before the curtain rises!
  — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
• All combine great performance with foliage color that will give any garden a glow-up.
  — Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 May 2026
• The breakfast aisle is getting a little glow-up from one of America's most beloved bread brands.
  — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 4 May 2026
• Celebrate the season by giving your kitchen a colorful glow-up.
  — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 May 2026
• Give your tablescape a summer glow-up with dinner plates inspired by an Italian garden.
  — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 June 2026
• After all, sometimes the biggest glow-up is a result of having better boundaries.
  — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026
• Farmer’s cheese is being touted on social media as the new high-protein, low-sodium glow-up of cottage cheese.
  — Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 24 May 2026
• Today’s connection between the moon, Venus, and Pluto gives you a glow-up.
  — Usa Today, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
• These are motel rooms–albeit motel rooms that have received an exceptionally stylish glow-up.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 July 2026
• An under-the-radar Hamptons landmark gets a major glow-up, and enters a socially vibrant new era.
  — Condé Nast Traveler, 15 June 2026
• Thanks to this week's ALDI Finds, an outdoor glow-up is just $15 away.
  — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 20 May 2026
• Fill Containers Give your tired summer container gardens a glow-up with some fresh fall favorites.
  — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Aug. 2026
• But for both Benson and Stankoven, there is regular-season substance behind their playoff glow-ups.
  — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 14 May 2026
• Raddysh’s glow-up may be the most recent price-out of Tampa Bay, with Moser’s extension kicking in next year.
  — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 6 May 2026
• The Antiaging Routine The first step to a summer glow-up is a foolproof skin care routine.
  — Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 27 Apr. 2026
• While diet and exercise have always been center stage in any discussion about better health, sleep has had a fascinating glow-up in recent years.
  — Sharon Brandwein, USA Today, 2 June 2026
• There will also be free snacks, giveaways, galactic glow-up moments, and activities inside the Airstream.
  — Joshua Cole, CBS News, 12 June 2026
• Venus conjunct Jupiter in your sign is equivalent to a cosmic glow-up, magnifying your charm, warmth and emotional magnetism.
  — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026
• Co-host James Maas then said Pontarelli should have a glow-up and leave her husband Brian after his alleged affair.
  — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026
• Give your skincare a glow-up by trying the First Aid Beauty Facial Cleanser at Amazon.
  — Claire West, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
• No commissioner is ever all that popular, but Manfred has enjoyed a bit of a glow-up in fan estimation recently.
  — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
• Rich-girl flip-flops Flip-flops underwent a huge glow-up last summer, graduating from a beachside afterthought to a genuine fashion statement.
  — Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 1 July 2026

glow up

2 of 2 verb

• Toll House cookies are getting a glow up this summer.
  — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 12 June 2026
• One of the only pieces of press ear did since glowing up is a six-minute Fader doc.
  — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 15 June 2026
• In part this is because some of the businesses got a little glow up, changing hands or just freshening up their signage.
  — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 8 May 2026
• Roasted celeriac gets a decadent glow up, served with tangy staka cream (like next-level butter) and truffles.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
• The Hyatt Place Hotel on the eastern end of the Stockyards is getting a glow up.
  — Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2026
• All of Gap’s iconic scents are back with a noticeable glow up thanks to the minimal packaging and sturdy glass bottles.
  — Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 9 Aug. 2026
• From ultra-flattering jeans and trendy balloon pants to flowy floral dresses and travel-ready matching sets, shop all my petite picks for a summer wardrobe glow up that won’t blow your budget, starting at $7.
  — Melony Forcier, InStyle, 24 June 2026
• InStyle Pit Stop party May 2, where guests sipped blueberry beverages and posed in the Dove glow up photobooth.
  — Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 3 May 2026
• For Toronto, the risks of such a deal are that Werenski might not want to sign there long-term, or that adding him doesn’t entice Matthews to stay, or that Knies glows up in Columbus.
  — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 28 June 2026
• Buckingham Palace is having a monumental glow up, but King Charles III and Queen Camilla still don't want to live there.
  — Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 26 June 2026
• But even after Anne Hathaway’s character glows up with French-girl bangs and a sudden mastery of liquid blush, there’s nothing Sephora-adjacent in the original film.
  — Faran Krentcil, Allure, 4 May 2026
• Carolina may have had an easier path to this point, but going 12-1 with those sparkling numbers helped this team glow up from a plus-62 Net Rating to start the playoffs to a plus-74.
  — Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 31 May 2026
• This week offers you a mini growth spurt or glow up of sorts, culminating in a Venus-Uranus trine on August 11 that may delight you with an unexpectedly good time in a foreign land or philosophy seminar.
  — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 July 2026
• The glow up came as the power couple tied the knot as part a multi-day Madison Square Garden wedding celebration, reportedly stretching from Thursday night into Saturday morning.
  — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
• Cartier, Baignoire Cartier gave its Baignoire timepiece a major glow up in 2023, and despite unveiling it alongside a wide repertoire of technically avant-garde creations, this sleek little party watch stole the show that year.
  — Charlie Boyd, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2026