piped up

past tense of pipe up

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of piped up Before Schiraldi could respond, a second rep piped up in Richards’s defense. Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 11 May 2026 Garrett Tyrrell of Durango, sitting to her right, piped up. Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2026 The water is piped up to the data center for liquid cooling of the servers. IEEE Spectrum, 3 Mar. 2026 Republican Senators Rand Paul and Ted Cruz piped up in defense of Kimmel’s right to free speech without governmental interference. Sarah Stankorb, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for piped up
Verb
  • During a virtual listening session hosted last week by the inspector general’s office, dozens of people sounded off on the department’s use of Flock cameras.
    Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Other members of the cast have sounded off about Sheridan’s writing for the series in recent weeks.
    Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Dern's 7-year-old daughter peered her head over the barricade from her front row seat and shouted encouragement each time mom got close to her side of the cage.
    CBS News, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Jarren Duran shouted at Willson Contreras at the end of an inning for no good reason.
    Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • According to Dogen, the confusion ended only after one of his children spoke up.
    Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • History is full of examples of officers who also spoke up about the ethics and strategic implications of the president’s choices.
    Missy Ryan, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026
Verb
  • Mexico women cried with joy after a 20-19 win over Great Britain — which rallied from 20-6 down — for the women’s bronze and an Olympic spot.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Oscar-winning composer Alan Menken cried while tributing songwriting partner Howard Ashman on stage at D23’s Beauty and the Beast reunion.
    Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Leaders of the Christian faith spoke out about dispelling Lang's claims.
    Heath Kalb, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Not that the impact on younger generations was going uncovered — certainly parents, educators and officials spoke out.
    Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In April, Bloomberg reported on troubles at Cooper’s company, spurred in part by juggling too many business ventures, including executive turnover, shows that failed to become major hits and staff issues with Kaplan, who often yelled at employees.
    Ashley Carman, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Witnesses said the suspect yelled racial slurs at the victim, officials said.
    Jessica Baltaxe, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In a timely interview with Mel as the festival began on Wednesday, Nazzaro talked up The Green Eyes, a pic from Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh’s that addresses deportation.
    Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
  • On the one hand, Friedman himself, and Walter himself, and Dave Roberts and Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts and a cast of heroes talked up a three-peat at last year’s championship celebration.
    Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2026
Verb
  • The ice cream, called tanada aisu, is made with rice from the terraces, oat milk, coconut milk, cane sugar and rice syrup, with no eggs or dairy.
    Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Initially called a foul ball, replay review showed that the ball scraped the outside of the foul pole.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026

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“Piped up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piped%20up. Accessed 19 Aug. 2026.

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