piped up

past tense of pipe up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for piped up
Verb
  • The high pitch siren of the casualty bots sounded off in the distance.
    Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
  • On the other hand, Arenas sounded off on the Cowboys for going through with such a trade.
    Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The plane’s window shades remained closed for the entire flight, and a guard at the front of the plane shouted at anyone who spoke.
    Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Michel Iluz, whose son Guy Iluz was killed while captive in Gaza, shouted into the microphone at the Jerusalem protest, the pain in his voice mounting to a howl.
    WAFAA SHURAFA, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But Ruchi Kulhari, chief human resources officer of IT solution company Unisys, spoke up to say that ROI is the wrong question, at least at this stage.
    Kristin Stoller, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Co-star Indya Moore, who has been a vocal supporter of Palestine and was arrested at a 2023 New York City protest demanding a ceasefire, also spoke up to answer the question.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Gomez said her tween sister cried while watching Inside Out 2.
    Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Sep. 2025
  • That her mom cried in the courtroom because the judge wouldn’t give her probation.
    Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • What To Know Harry spoke out during an interview with The Guardian that was predominantly about his visit to Kyiv to promote the work his Invictus Games Foundation is doing to help soldiers wounded in the war.
    Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
  • One of her first customers spoke out and shared a story of how back in the early days of Mid-Day Squares their mom would place a Polaroid picture of the founders with a little handwritten note of what the business and founders were up to.
    Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Plus, after spotting Faulkner’s three daughters, Jan, Barbara and Leslie, on the sidelines during filming of The Undefeated in Mexico, Wayne yelled for wardrobe and put the young girls in the movie.
    Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Washington yelled, according to Reynolds.
    Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Charlotte officials have talked up police statistics showing crime is trending downward across the city.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Klarna has also talked up an expansion into advertising in recent years, though this remains a much smaller business compared with other revenue streams.
    Ryan Browne, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Advertisement Advertisement Now, in The Pitt, his character is mentoring other young doctors—so much so that the estate of ER creator Michael Crichton has called The Pitt an ER-spinoff.
    Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
  • A week after suffering a gut-punch loss to Nevada in Reno when two winning touchdowns were called back in the final moment and a tying field goal with seconds to play just missed, Sac State shook off early jitters to unleash a balanced offense in improving to 1-2.
    Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2025
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“Piped up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piped%20up. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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