How to Use up and in a Sentence

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  • This video is f----- up and fun.
    Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
  • There was pain up and down my leg.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Set up and adapt, set up and adapt.
    Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Now, time to get back up and do it again.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 25 Feb. 2026
  • There should have been lines of tourists up and down the street.
    Talla Mountjoy, Twin Cities, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Prices at the auction were gong up and up.
    Usa Today, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Sami sped up and took the first left.
    Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Someone to build him up and not beat him up.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Kirby sucked it up and went back to work.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Just up and down throughout the whole process.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Bailey has been up and down from month to month.
    Zach Harper, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Fans are turned on, tuned up and blissing out.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Her father picked her up and brought her home.
    City News Service, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
  • And hey, if an ex pops up and you’re tempted?
    Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Ten-foot swells rose up and sent our boat reeling.
    Martin Suarez, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Mehlberg picks the pups up and takes them to her private park.
    Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Once that happens, prices are sure to firm up and go up.
    Jeff Lazerson, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The man rears up and places his hands on your dad’s shoulders.
    Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Beach balls bounced up and down in the floor seats throughout the night.
    Jake Harris july 26, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 July 2026
  • The driver had to back the car up and wait for the jam to clear.
    Kif Leswing, CNBC, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Some even waved their arms up and down in an attempt to rile up the crowd.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Its still waiting to load up and head to Bangladesh.
    Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Money, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Add it all up and there’s not much room for shopping the free agent aisles.
    Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2026
  • To make the fruity ice cream bites, unwrap a roll-up and spread it out flat.
    Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 July 2026
  • But the surgeries kind of piled up and these last few years have been tough on me.
    Chandler Rome, New York Times, 15 July 2026
  • Parks and piers were closed up and down the coast, as were some low-lying roads.
    ABC News, 23 July 2026
  • Both running backs were up and down early.
    Charlotte Observer, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Both pitchers have been up and down all season.
    Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • For now, projections are way up and to the right.
    Kif Leswing, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Hang it up and see what tomorrow brings.
    Michelle Hyun Kim, Pitchfork, 10 Jan. 2026

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