piping up

present participle of pipe up

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of piping up Younger Republican voters and GOP contrarians are piping up to challenge the broad consensus in the Republican Party that has been in lockstep with policy on Israel. Kristina Karisch, The Hill, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for piping up
Verb
  • Miguel is speaking out about the current administration.
    Anika Reed, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Number one, Jordan speaking out publicly brings the wrong kind of attention to the university at this time.
    Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Now, Sánchez is speaking up about an issue that has marked her life.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 19 Oct. 2025
  • That’s why doctors stress the importance of staying on top of screenings and speaking up if something seems off.
    Korin Miller, Flow Space, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The tech giant personnel leading the discussions took an upbeat tone, repeatedly talking up an opt-in regime that would protect the agency’s clients against the misuse of their intellectual property and likenesses.
    Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Netflix began talking up its emerging interest in the podcasting space earlier this year.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • There were clearly plenty of struggles, leading to the Buccaneers' signal caller sounding off on the issues.
    James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Sep. 2025
  • For the writers pictured here, engaging with culture isn’t a hobby or a sideline or a way of sounding off.
    Richard Renaldi, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • This week's headlines in the pet world left us crying tears of joy and sadness—from a puppy watching his mom and siblings get adopted before him to a clip of the Halloween season spooking a canine—but the week wouldn't be complete without a few highlights from our readers.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
  • At one point during the hearing, Richards pleaded for a tissue and began crying while recalling a particularly abusive event in May.
    Tracy Wright , Christina Dugan Ramirez , Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Then, a man stood up and started shouting at Harris.
    Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • His clips are pretty rudimentary tributes to guys like Thomas Sankara, the former Prime Minister of Burkina Faso, shouting them out with highlight reels and songs by 100 gecs and Jersey club collective TwerkNation28.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Stiller mentions a trip to see a bullfight in Spain, and sure enough we’re treated to footage of young Stiller yelling at a toreador from the stands.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The Broncos thought Greenlaw’s actions in running after referee Brad Allen and pointing at yelling at him after Wil Lutz’s 39-yard walk-off field goal should have resulted in a fine rather than a suspension.
    Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025

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“Piping up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piping%20up. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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