bottle (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bottle (up)
Verb
  • They’re all held back by different things – pride, fear, shame – but all of them, in one way or another, are eventually set free by the truth.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
  • While Bernhardt praises her gifts, the French diva doesn’t hold back in her stinging criticism of the production, calling it the same old prewar Italian theater, out of touch with the times.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • After the mysterious deaths of the two diamondback rattlesnakes, Cardwell dug up temperature data from a 20-year-old study in the Mojave Desert to help develop a mathematical model for measuring what might be happening inside the desert burrows.
    John Leos, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Trades finalize in three to five seconds, enabling near-instant payment finality, and transaction fees are measured in fractions of a cent.
    Sean Lee, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Aryna Sabalenka curbed her natural instincts to beat Amanda Anisimova 6-3, 7-6(3) in an absorbing women’s final, before Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner contested their third Grand Slam final in a row — a record in the Open Era of men’s tennis.
    The Athletic Tennis Staff, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • In July, Greece stopped processing applications of asylum-seekers from North Africa for three months, to curb a surge in arrivals.
    Angeliki Koutantou, Reuters, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Bottle (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bottle%20%28up%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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