How to Use get going in a Sentence

get going

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  • The vibes of some boss woman confidence to get going for the night.
    — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 9 July 2026
  • Bare root roses, which are sold dormant during cooler months, take a bit longer to get going.
    — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 20 June 2026
  • Rohl takes a while to get going but then eats up the ground, more like an 800 metre runner than an out-and-out sprinter.
    — Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 26 July 2026
  • Clark, in and out of the lineup because of a back injury all season, never got going and was an abysmal minus-16.
    — Marisa Ingemi, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • Another thing Rylo’s got going for him is his penchant for being laugh-out-loud funny.
    — Drew Millard, Pitchfork, 17 July 2026
  • The latter can be operated from your phone—a fun little trick once the sun sets and the conversation gets going.
    — Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 29 June 2026
  • Starter Sam Aldegheri, who spent most of the first two months in the minors, got going back in the right direction after consecutive poor starts.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 28 June 2026
  • Tasked with a difficult role, Outman never got going, and, because of injuries to every single player who would have replaced him, was on the roster too long.
    — Dan Hayes, New York Times, 16 July 2026
  • The 3-point contest breakdown Details The 3-point contest gets going once Shooting Stars is over.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 24 July 2026
  • The sea of yellow applauding the efforts of the dejected Brazilian players who milled about, seemingly unwilling to accept that a match that took so long to really get going was over so quickly.
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
  • But no matter who’s in charge, this United States men’s roster will likely look pretty similar when the 2030 World Cup cycle gets going.
    — John Cassillo, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • Unfortunately, James died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 41, just a little over 10 years after his career really started to get going.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 24 July 2026
  • French dreams of the yellow jersey never really got going, but Julian Alaphilippe did win two stages and the polka dot jersey, a precursor to his valiant and oh-so-close GC tilt the following year.
    — Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • Even Argentina’s 2-1 semi-final win over England, which featured a dramatic late turnaround, took 50 minutes to really get going.
    — Michael Cox, New York Times, 23 July 2026
  • Aside from Cody Gakpo’s goal, which got going after a hydration break with a flick-on from big man to little man, Wout Weghorst to Summerville, what were the stand-out moments for the Netherlands against Morocco?
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 30 June 2026
  • Enner Valencia, 36, did not get going at the tournament, and the rest of their key players, Moises Caicedo, William Pacho and Piero Hincapie, are all defensive.
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 3 July 2026

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