How to Use speak up in a Sentence

speak up

verb

• The wait might push you to speak up to your boss and management.
  — Lisa Stardust, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
• One of the bedrocks of this country is supposed to be the freedom to speak up.
  — Leila Fadel , Obed Manuel, NPR, 1 May 2025
• Now is the time to speak up. Follow me on Twitter or LinkedIn.
  — Robert Pearl, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
• What if the cosmos is calling us to speak up — right now?
  — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 3 Aug. 2025
• The Aquarius moon may test you to speak up about your values.
  — Usa Today, USA Today, 19 May 2025
• At some point, those viewers may want the network to speak up and present its side.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2023
• All of which lead back to speaking up in your next session.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2023
• That’s not to say no one likes it privately, just that no one in the room spoke up for it.
  — Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2025
• Part of the blame is on the roommate who is upset, but has not spoken up.
  — Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
• Each person gets equal airtime to speak up and be heard.
  — Alain Hunkins, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
• But trust your legal team’s judgment on when to speak up and when to stay silent to help your case.
  — Karla Miller, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
• Drake wasn’t the only one who spoke up about the Grammys’ treatment of hip-hop last night.
  — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 5 Feb. 2024
• There's a lot of people just being scared to speak up for themselves.
  — Tricia Despres, Peoplemag, 31 July 2024
• But the skill has taken him years — and a fair share of explosive moments — to know the right time to speak up when the squeeze is on.
  — Joe Noga, cleveland, 12 July 2023
• This also isn't the first time The Weeknd uses his platform to speak up for racial justice.
  — Tomás Mier, PEOPLE.com, 31 Aug. 2020
• In fact, the young star has spoken up about being more open about her desires.
  — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 12 July 2024
• The fact is that Byron had spoken up for the downtrodden.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
• But none of that is possible if people are afraid to speak up.
  — Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
• That just goes to show how much White women don’t speak up enough about these types of issues on a large and small scale.
  — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 10 Oct. 2023
• So many people now are not afraid anymore and are ready to speak up for themselves.
  — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 27 June 2025
• The commentators weren’t the only ones who spoke up for Swift.
  — Sam Gillette, People.com, 12 Feb. 2025
• As for speaking up about it on campus or in the workplace, forget about it.
  — Jeff Robbins, Orange County Register, 14 Mar. 2024
• The last time Mosley spoke up with the parks department dealt with a man named Tracey Peterson, who lives in Gary.
  — Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 15 Dec. 2024
• He’s spoken up about it before, trying to protect the trust he’s built with Ava.
  — Ashley Vega, People.com, 28 June 2025
• For that matter, what would be your friend’s reason for speaking up?
  — Robin Abrahams, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2023
• But in spite of the emotions or societal pressures to keep silent, Schumer revealed that the PA spoke up right away.
  — William Earl, Variety, 2 May 2024
• Two of them had encouraged her to sit next to them, while another spoke up for her.
  — Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 29 Sep. 2023
• Frannie speaks up, saying that Jane doesn’t know how to use money.
  — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 28 Dec. 2024
• The final group of captives is composed of Russians who have spoken up or taken action against the war—and who have paid a high price for doing so.
  — Tanya Lokshina, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2025
• And players have been speaking up, especially as the incidents have become more dangerous with players and fans in danger of getting hit by an object hurtling through the air.
  — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2025