How to Use push-up in a Sentence

push-up

noun

• Do a few push-ups against a wall or your desk.
  — Jeanne Ballion, Vogue, 1 June 2026
• Add bodyweight squats, lunges or even some planks and push-ups.
  — Fred Sassani, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
• For an even tougher option, try the knees-down push-up next.
  — Stephanie Anderson Witmer, Health, 5 Mar. 2026
• Can’t manage a standard push-up yet?
  — Gretchen Reynolds, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026
• The penalty for walking was push-ups.
  — Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2026
• Trans women still did better with push-ups even at the four-year end point.
  — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 29 May 2025
• Perform a push-up, then walk your hands back toward your feet and stand up.
  — Rikkilynn Shields Hannigan, Health, 29 Jan. 2026
• Perform your push-up on an incline, with your hands on a bench, chair, or couch.
  — Mallory Creveling, Health, 1 Mar. 2023
• Before the screening, a push-up contest will take places with prizes.
  — Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
• Follow the same instructions as the wall push-up.
  — Stephanie Anderson Witmer, Health, 5 Mar. 2026
• Start in a push-up position with your hands shoulder-width apart.
  — Rikkilynn Shields Hannigan, Health, 1 July 2026
• That frees you up to add a little wobble to your lunges, sumo squats, or wide-grip push-ups.
  — Sara Coughlin, SELF, 25 Aug. 2025
• To do mountain climbers, start in a high plank position (the top of a push-up).
  — Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 4 Mar. 2025
• Give push-ups, chest presses, pull-ups, lat pulldowns, bent-over rows, and face pulls a shot.
  — Ashley Mateo, Women's Health, 8 Apr. 2023
• Think sit-ups, pull-ups, push-ups, crunches or squats, as examples.
  — Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 27 May 2023
• This includes push-ups, squats, pull-ups, lunges and overhead presses.
  — Ian McMahan, Washington Post, 7 July 2024
• Examples include air squats, step-ups, push-ups, and dips.
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 8 Dec. 2025
• Examples include squats, push-ups, lunges, and planks.
  — Sarah Garone, Health, 26 Feb. 2026
• In the final slide, Sánchez poses in a black lace push-up bra and black patent leather face mask.
  — Catherine Santino, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
• To perform pencil push-ups, hold a pencil between the eyes at arm's length.
  — Laura Schober, Health, 12 Feb. 2025
• The actor will be doing burpees, push-ups, bicycle kicks and more.
  — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2025
• Repeat 3 sets of 10 inchworm push-ups.
  — Rikkilynn Shields Hannigan, Health, 29 Jan. 2026
• Wall push-ups will build strength in your arms, for example, while squats are great for beefing up your leg strength.
  — Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN, 18 Mar. 2025
• Push-Ups To do a push-up, place your hands on the box or bench, about shoulder-width apart.
  — Alyssa Ages, Outside Online, 3 Apr. 2025
• The players on defense also did five push-ups each for failing to grab a rebound.
  — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 22 Feb. 2023
• To ease into a push-up, your setup will look almost identical to that of a high plank.
  — Caroline C. Boyle, USA Today, 2 Jan. 2026
• Common examples include push-ups, lunges, squats, planks, and pull-ups.
  — Jakob Roze, Health, 1 July 2026
• From the looks of the brave souls returning from these unique workouts, planks and push-ups will never be the same.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 25 July 2023
• Do 50 push-ups, run up another level.
  — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Dec. 2025
• The push-up bra worn by Tzuyu sold out shortly after their appearance.
  — Jae-Ha Kim, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec. 2025