UP in a Sentence

Learn UP from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
414 example sentences for UP, such as:
1. She came up gulping for air.
2. She rang up about an hour ago.
3. We all washed up after dinner.
4. The minister went up the steps.
5. Let's add up the pros and cons.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of UP
up
 ad.  to a higher intensity
Classic Sentence: (209 in 14 pages)
1  He flipped his sleeves up under his coat.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
2  At this inquiry she sat up and opened her eyes.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
3  The dilatory limousine came rolling up the drive.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
4  This tremendous detail was to be cleared up at last.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
5  I wanted to get up and slap him on the back.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
6  "I'll call you up," I said finally.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
7  He rose up to his position in the East.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
8  There's nothing to get mixed up in.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
9  The minister went up the steps.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
10  Possibly, she went up among the clouds.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
11  Look up to it, and be tranquil if you can.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 16
12  They all rose up in preparation for a round game.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 23
13  They walked up stairs in to the drawing-room.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 41
14  "As to Pip, he's going up town," said Joe.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XV
15  Tain't only one wot can go up town.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XV
Example Sentence: (205 in 14 pages)
1  Add up the numbers in each column.
2  Five and eleven add up to sixteen.
3  Let's add up the pros and cons.
4  We all washed up after dinner.
5  He has cast up his supper again.
6  I gave up eating meat a few months ago.
7  She rang up about an hour ago.
8  I gave up smoking nearly ten years ago.
9  She came up gulping for air.
10  The still sow eats up all the draff.
11  The sun was already up when they set off.
12  That will mess up the whole analysis.
13  The couple bust up after an argument.
14  He beat up on my brother's kid one time.
15  He had become fed up with city life.