How to Use patch up in a Sentence

patch up

verb

• This may be because there is no easy way to patch up this problem.
  — Subir Sarkar, Space.com, 5 Jan. 2026
• The hole in the roof has been patched up, KABC reports.
  — Daniel S. Levine, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
• Rip takes him to Everett, who patches up the injury himself.
  — Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 13 June 2026
• The exact timing of this repair and patching up the big hole is still to be determined.
  — Megan Shinn, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
• The city is also offering overtime to crews who can work weekends patching up the streets.
  — Ashley Grams, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
• Most people with inguinal hernias will need surgery at some point to patch up their weak abdominal wall.
  — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 9 July 2026
• But there’s plenty of work to be done to patch up a roster that was torn apart at the trade deadline and went on to lose 92 games.
  — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 27 Oct. 2025
• Every year, for every handful of homes that get patched up and put back into productive use, a few more fall vacant.
  — Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 13 Dec. 2025
• Once everything is fixed and patched up, the lights will come back on and baseball will go on, uninterrupted.
  — Sam Blum, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
• Epstein is now back with Boston as a part-owner, so relationships have been patched up.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
• By the time the film was over, Bart and his dying father had patched up their relationship and the song was a smash success.
  — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 16 Feb. 2026
• Over the course of the first nine episodes made available for review, the doctors do their best to patch up the gaps in people’s lives where a social safety net should be.
  — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2026
• Lakers fans might not get the chance to see James and his patch up close on Tuesday night against the Atlanta Hawks.
  — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2026
• Utilities keep paying to patch up plants that would have been retired and replaced with much cheaper and cleaner renewables.
  — Andres Clarens, The Conversation, 17 June 2026
• Such as a scene set in a Burger King, where Sebastian and his girlfriend try to patch up their relationship.
  — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 12 Nov. 2025
• However, this is an almost perfect day to patch up difficulties with family members.
  — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 9 Mar. 2026
• So there is the red check and then a red paisley fabric that are on her jeans that help patch up the holes that she's acquired because she's been wearing these clothes for so long and traveling through.
  — Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
• Volunteers recently patched up and replaced fronds on the Windansea surf shack in La Jolla.
  — Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2026
• Trevor Sullivan keeps 10 saltwater crocodiles in his back yard, behind patched up chain link fencing.
  — Holly Williams, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2026
• Carney visited the White House in early October, and relations seemed to have been patched up.
  — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
• There’s the feud with Harry, which has apparently been somewhat patched up from Charles’ side, but seems to still continue from William’s side.
  — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 3 Jan. 2026
• The Sabres patched up their defense after trading Bowen Byram by adding Zellweger and Louis Crevier.
  — Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 2 July 2026
• Russia is seeking to reaffirm ties with China after Beijing patched up relations with the US last week.
  — J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 3 Nov. 2025
• While Daryl and Carol patch up the boat, Roberto confronts his dad Antonio about keeping him and Justina apart.
  — Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 28 Sep. 2025
• Officials are now sifting through old blueprints of the 54-mile-long pipeline in a race to patch up other potentially vulnerable areas.
  — Linda Poon, Bloomberg, 20 Mar. 2026
• The focus of negotiations is on patching up the fund while addressing some unfinished business from 2023.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 11 Mar. 2026
• While high school recruiting remains important, coaches now have the ability to patch up their rosters with experienced college players from the portal instead.
  — Jon Poorman, Houston Chronicle, 31 Jan. 2026
• The activism of poetry is in the creativity, however furthered by research, not in the research, however patched up with creativity.
  — Literary Hub, 4 May 2026
• The patched up, uneven Balboa Stadium track was so hard that regular artificial surface spikes had trouble penetrating it.
  — Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 30 May 2026
• Nikolic and Gates attempt to patch up relationship Additional emails suggest that Gates and Nikolic continued to try to resolve the employment dispute.
  — Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026