How to Use fire up in a Sentence

fire up

phrasal verb
  • This new video just sent to me shows the fire up close.
    — Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2024
  • Doyle Smith, the bassist for Beach Fossils, fires up the stove.
    — Taran Dugal, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2024
  • So that gets me fired up and gets our team fired up too.
    — Conor Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2023
  • If not, fire up the kettle and use this sweet tea recipe.
    — Josh Miller, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2024
  • Gold Star looking to fire up the Tom & Chee flames again.
    — Cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 28 June 2023
  • But as much as the band fires up its engines, the record rarely achieves liftoff.
    — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Alcaraz then fired up an ace on game point to seize a 5-3 lead in the fifth.
    — Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 16 July 2023
  • The Lions are fired up for the chance to beat such a high-profile team.
    — Kyle Foley, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 May 2025
  • So go ahead and fire up the grill, then sit back and enjoy the fireworks.
    — The Editors, Field & Stream, 4 July 2024
  • Go ahead and fire up the base that Harris is counting on to bring her to the White House.
    — Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2024
  • For many, this is a sign to fire up the grill for some hamburgers and hot dogs.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 19 May 2024
  • Super easy to make and ready in minutes, there’s no need to even fire up the oven.
    — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 29 Nov. 2024
  • And the other team is fired up, because the Blackhawks are in town.
    — Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 31 May 2025
  • With the game in later innings, Boone needed to get fired up and come out of the dugout.
    — Maury Brown, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
  • The gun can also fire up to six rounds per minute for three minutes.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Their star is fired up by those blue uniforms, at least.
    — Jim Alexander, Orange County Register, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Then skincare, makeup, get the French press fired up and pack my lunch.
    — R29 Team, refinery29.com, 2 Sep. 2024
  • Storms are expected to fire up within the next few hours and sweep across the watch area through the evening.
    — Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 1 Apr. 2025
  • This griddle pan gives your food that fresh-off-the-grill taste without the need to fire up your grill.
    — Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Part of her task in the next two months is to keep her base intact and fired up — and to target the middle.
    — Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Storytelling can help us to make peace with that—even to get fired up about that.
    — Shane Snow, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
  • The eerie moment fired up his base and propelled him to power.
    — Astha Rajvanshi, TIME, 17 July 2024
  • Now the country's leaders are firing up a new round of plans to jump-start growth.
    — Joel Mathis, theweek, 27 Sep. 2024
  • The core rotation will also fire up your obliques, the muscles that run along the sides of your trunk.
    — Megan Falk, Women's Health, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Once the crew got there, a neighbor would fire up the lawnmower and demand to be paid to turn it off.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 28 May 2025
  • At least there’s an old-fashioned key to twist when firing up the power plant.
    — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 3 Aug. 2024
  • Salesian came out of the halftime break fired up, going on a 12-3 run to cut the St. Joseph’s lead to just two points early in the third.
    — Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2025
  • With this bill, the source said, McBride is just as vocal as many in the caucus — and many are fired up on McBride’s behalf.
    — Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The Pacers have been one of the better teams at home this season, and they should be fired up for this contest.
    — Matt Levine, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 May 2025
  • The mosquitos arrived with a sound like the start of an air show, where planes fire up their big engines.
    — Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 16 Oct. 2024

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