Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of hole up
When this writer foolishly forgot her iPods inside the Palais, the 15-minute walk to fetch them — during which I was almost toppled over by wind and accosted by sleet — was enough to make her hole up in her hotel room for the rest of the day.
—
Marta Balaga, Variety, 28 Mar. 2026
When he isn’t holed up doing taxidermy, her protective physician husband (Ted Levine) stalks around the cabin angrily.
—Judy Berman, Time, 26 Mar. 2026
Currently, the Connecticut resident has been holed up at home after slipping on the stoop at his old friend Marsha Mason’s house.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 22 Mar. 2026
The idea was hatched during the pandemic, when Kevin and Kyra were holed up together and going stir crazy.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for hole up
Marta Balaga, Variety, 28 Mar. 2026
When he isn’t holed up doing taxidermy, her protective physician husband (Ted Levine) stalks around the cabin angrily.
—Judy Berman, Time, 26 Mar. 2026
Currently, the Connecticut resident has been holed up at home after slipping on the stoop at his old friend Marsha Mason’s house.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 22 Mar. 2026
The idea was hatched during the pandemic, when Kevin and Kyra were holed up together and going stir crazy.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for hole up
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hole up
Verb
-
Neither made any attempt to hide their contempt for the other from the media or the public.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
17 Apr. 2026
-
Unlike other bands who have used a hiatus as an excuse to hide acrimony, James says the members went their separate ways with zero animosity.—
Daniel Kohn,
Rolling Stone,
17 Apr. 2026
Verb
-
Officials could not previously prosecute Garcia Moran for assault and battery due to uncooperative witnesses who feared coming to court, citing the presence of immigration enforcement agents lurking around Virginia courthouses.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Apr. 2026
-
The short answer is that a wide gulf exists between rumor and fact and Swalwell lurked in that gray space, living and thriving in the shadows between provability and denial.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
Verb
-
Phil Reynolds, an engineer, showed me to a table where a four-terabyte drive lay open.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
-
Mace arrived ready to be the deep-lying midfield lynchpin Everton needed.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Hole up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hole%20up. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
