How to Use ups and downs in a Sentence

ups and downs

plural noun

• The kids jumped up and down on the gray couch in the living room.
  — Anjali Tsui, ProPublica, 3 Dec. 2019
• The star has been open about his ups and downs over the past few years.
  — Daniela Avila, PEOPLE.com, 27 June 2022
• While there were ups and downs, Teske was a huge part of the team.
  — Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, 13 Mar. 2020
• It's been a long bumpy road with a lot of ups and downs.
  — Kat Bein, Billboard, 26 July 2019
• But not at the cost of let’s trade chances all night, up and down the ice.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Mar. 2020
• When your child is awake, take brief strolls up and down the aisle of the plane.
  — Alyssa Fiorentino, House Beautiful, 29 Apr. 2019
• On the panel, Stokes opened up about the ups and downs of the last two years.
  — Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 24 May 2021
• And none of the ups and downs have changed that basic fact.
  — Brad McMillan, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
• At the right phase, the bubbles just bounce up and down in place.
  — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 26 July 2019
• Spring is here and, with it, all of the ups and downs of spring weather.
  — Nicola Fumo, Forbes, 6 Apr. 2021
• Something had hit him all up and down the front of him.
  — oregonlive.com, 5 June 2019
• Good teams start the season and go through ups and downs.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2021
• A few feet away, our hero jumped up and down a few times.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 6 June 2019
• Like any place, the city, founded in 1814, has had its ups and downs.
  — cleveland, 6 June 2022
• As with Doubs, each went through the grinder with ups and downs to reach this point.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2022
• There are a lot of ups and downs in a long season like that.
  — Chris Hays, orlandosentinel.com, 30 July 2021
• But boars, sows and piglets have been spotted up and down the road.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2019
• The stuff is there, but his results have been up and down.
  — Brody Miller, nola.com, 3 June 2019
• Moore has been open about the ups and downs of breastfeeding in the past.
  — Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 19 Sep. 2021
• Li herself has ridden the ups and downs of the AI boom.
  — Will Knight, Wired, 25 June 2020
• The Dallas Wings have seen their fair share of ups and downs the past few years.
  — Arianna Vedia, Dallas News, 11 Feb. 2021
• The Bears then went back to Trubisky, who had his ups and downs.
  — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 29 Dec. 2020
• Mojave desert has had its ups and downs through the years.
  — Mary Hui, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2020
• The crowd jumped up and down when his highlights were shown.
  — Brody Miller, nola.com, 21 June 2019
• Every one of you knows the journey, the roller-coaster ride, the ups and downs.
  — Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2023
• The last 10 years have been up and down health-wise for Harper.
  — Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2019
• Parker goes through a lot of ups and downs in this episode.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Dec. 2019
• Gabe has had his ups and downs with his father over the years.
  — Karli Bendlin, Peoplemag, 22 Dec. 2022
• Their season, with 12 of the first 17 games on the road, has been a study in ups and downs, fits and starts.
  — Dom Amore, courant.com, 14 Jan. 2022
• Kim-boy exists, in essence, as an everyman enduring the ups and downs of rural Alaskan life.
  — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Mar. 2023