Examples of chalk up in a Sentence
let's chalk up her weird behavior to simple nervousness
chalked up a record in singles tennis that is likely to stand for a long time
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Matt Riddleston, now 59, had started to feel off in early 2022, but chalked up his fatigue to work stress, and his back pain to cycling.
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Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
In some instances, these violations can be chalked up to pilot or operator error, but in recent years the regularity of violations has led many observers in the West to conclude Russia is purposefully violating allied airspace.
—John Deni, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
Akerman chalked up at least some part of the character’s salaciousness to the fact that the sapphic soap was originally supposed to debut on Starz before moving to Netflix, where it’s been hailed as one of the gayest shows of the year.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 10 Sep. 2025
Bono chalked up the fatherly emotional neglect to being an Irish thing.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2025
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Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
In some instances, these violations can be chalked up to pilot or operator error, but in recent years the regularity of violations has led many observers in the West to conclude Russia is purposefully violating allied airspace.
—John Deni, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
Akerman chalked up at least some part of the character’s salaciousness to the fact that the sapphic soap was originally supposed to debut on Starz before moving to Netflix, where it’s been hailed as one of the gayest shows of the year.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 10 Sep. 2025
Bono chalked up the fatherly emotional neglect to being an Irish thing.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2025
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“Chalk up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chalk%20up. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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