How to Use shape up in a Sentence

shape up

verb

• And how does next year shape up?
  — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2025
• The home has shaped up since then.
  — Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar, Architectural Digest, 4 June 2026
• Let’s see how the field shapes up.
  — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 6 Feb. 2026
• Let’s take a look at how this one shapes up.
  — Doug Haller, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
• The change in plans shaped up to be a huge hit.
  — CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
• Here’s how Texas shaped up on the list.
  — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 May 2026
• This is shaping up to be a slog.
  — Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2025
• This is shaping up as a shootout.
  — Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 14 Sep. 2025
• Here’s how things are shaping up.
  — Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 21 Jan. 2026
• This year's matchup is shaping up to be a close one.
  — Itay Hod, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2026
• Sunday shapes up to be more than a two-man race.
  — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2026
• The box office is shaping up to be not good.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
• This year is shaping up to become one of the hottest on record.
  — Jon-David Regis, NBC news, 12 Oct. 2025
• This year, hair is shaping up to be all about bold contrasts.
  — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 7 Jan. 2026
• Here’s a look at what’s shaping up to be a showdown.
  — John O'Connor, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2026
• Now, how might these new chips shape up in terms of performance?
  — Wendy Sheehan Donnell, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
• This year is shaping up to be a big one for self-driving trucks.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 21 Mar. 2026
• Here’s how the race currently shapes up.
  — Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
• Here’s how the forecast is shaping up.
  — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2026
• This is shaping up to be a big year for EVs.
  — James Morris, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
• And 2026 is shaping up to be the year to go.
  — Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
• This is shaping up to be the cultural event of the year.
  — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2026
• This year is shaping up to be a huge one for dealmaking.
  — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2026
• Saturday is shaping up to be quite cool and damp.
  — Cutter Martin, CBS News, 20 May 2026
• And this year's El Niño is shaping up to be a strong one.
  — Bill Chappell, NPR, 17 June 2026
• Jumpsuit is already shaping up to be just that.
  — Paris Wilson, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2026
• This year is shaping up to be expensive, too.
  — Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR, 21 Mar. 2026
• This year is shaping up to be a good one for vacations that stick close to home.
  — Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2026
• This shapes up to be a two-man competition.
  — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2026
• The 12-round bout shapes up as a crossroads fight for both boxers.
  — John Whisler, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Feb. 2026