How to Use pickup in a Sentence

pickup

1 of 2 noun
  • The fee pays for garbage pickup.
  • The truck is scheduled to make a pickup today.
  • The school bus was late for its afternoon pickup.
  • The pickup truck came to a rest in a ditch, the sheriff said.
    — Will McDuffie, ABC News, 12 May 2023
  • The video showed the men and others sandwiched in the back of a pickup truck.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Sep. 2023
  • As the group peered through a chain-link fence, a pickup truck sped up the road and blocked the group in.
    — David Gelles, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Some of that is the switch from sedans to crossovers, SUVs, and pickup trucks.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 23 Jan. 2024
  • In one Hamas video, Itay is shown, hands bound, in the back of a pickup truck, alive.
    — Jeffrey Gettleman Tamir Kalifa, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The pickup’s front end was partly in a turn lane next to the lane the tow truck was driving in.
    — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Molitor was in a pickup with Fox and had recorded a brief video of the house.
    — Ed White The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2023
  • The boy said the intruder fled the scene in a pickup truck after the attack.
    — Landon Mion, Fox News, 30 Dec. 2023
  • The video shows several groups cut through the fence and wave a pickup truck through.
    — Matt Gutman, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2023
  • On third and five, Uiagalelei runs up the middle on a QB draw for a pickup of 13 yards and a first down to the 36.
    — Nick Daschel | Ndaschel@oregonian.com, oregonlive, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The driver lost control of the sedan and spun into the path of large Dodge pickup in the eastbound lane.
    — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 June 2023
  • And on some large pickups, the hoods are almost at eye level for many adults.
    — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Police said the pair left the area in a dark blue Chevrolet pickup truck with a ladder rack.
    — Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 27 Jan. 2024
  • Fain grabbed a microphone and jumped onto the bed of a Ram pickup.
    — Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Later that night, his family saw video of him tied up in the back of a pickup truck.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Police say they were found in a red pickup that was trapped in 25 feet of water.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The lights from an oncoming pickup truck hit him dead in the eyes, blinding him.
    — Adiel Kaplan, NBC News, 11 May 2023
  • Since the shooting, the man's pickup truck has been towed from the store's parking lot, per the New York Post, and has been searched along with Jones' home.
    — Christina Coulter, Fox News, 23 Nov. 2023
  • As bystanders rushed to pull the driver from the wreckage, the pickup caught fire, the officer said.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Both pickups are built at Wentzville Assembly which was idled during the strike for the full 46 days.
    — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Clark was in the Ram pickup with his girlfriend, according to Smith.
    — Marilyn Heck, ABC News, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Sephora has in-store pickup at some of its 500+ U.S. stores, making this gift a great last-minute buy.
    — Bellamy Richardson, wsj.com, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Buck Aldridge, pulls over a pickup truck that can be seen driving down the interstate.
    — Alexandra E. Petri, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
  • At the same time a pickup headed east broadsided the car, police said.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2023
  • The streamer’s pickup comes just a week after the series premiered.
    — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 May 2023
  • The event featured live music, food trucks, and a lineup of antique Ford pickup trucks.
    — Michael Dobuski, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2023
  • In his pickup truck, law enforcement found cash and a condom.
    — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 14 May 2026

pick up

2 of 2 verb
  • There were some calls came to the phone, but none were picked up.
    — Ruth Chenetz, CBS News, 31 May 2025
  • Please pick up your cell phone and give them a call to check-in.
    — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Over the course of the next week, the Bengals will pick up the pace of their practices.
    — Kelsey Conway, The Enquirer, 7 June 2022
  • And, of course, Sudeikis would pick up the whistle once again.
    — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 8 June 2022
  • Crick struck out one in a scoreless fifth to pick up the win.
    — Lamond Pope, chicagotribune.com, 10 Apr. 2022
  • The Senate is 50-50, so if Democrats pick up two seats in the midterms, that could be the end.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 1 July 2022
  • To come off the bench and hit what proves to be the game-winning blast to help pick up the first win of the year?
    — Curt Hogg, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Apr. 2022
  • The video then shows Luckette pick up a chair and throw it across the bar at Diong.
    — Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Miller arrived at the scene to pick up Miles, per Miller’s lawyer.
    — Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Starter Richard Fitts picked up his first big-league win.
    — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 8 July 2025
  • If Brooks can pick up most of those Durant votes in the runoff, the runoff could be close.
    — Ramsey Archibald | Rarchibald@al.com, al, 25 May 2022
  • There was even a Nike shoe bar where guests could pick up a pair of Nike shoes for the day.
    — Adam England, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Riding the hot hand Butler picked up his fourth foul with 10:48 to go and went to the bench.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2023
  • But by her side through it all—and ready to pick up the baton—was Shar Dubey.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 2 Jan. 2023
  • Place an order by Oct. 2 to pick up from 2-7 p.m. Oct. 5.
    — Samantha Nelson, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Pappano hides the ball well and has a funky motion that is hard to read and pick up the ball.
    — Shelby Dermer, The Enquirer, 29 Apr. 2022
  • If the ball is hit to the farther half of the net, sprint to pick up the ball and run toward the other side of the net.
    — Luis Velarde, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2022
  • One of us has to pick up where the other person left off.
    — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 17 Nov. 2022
  • And there’s a few things Olympia has picked up on without her mom’s help.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 17 June 2024
  • Tee Higgins and Tyler Boyd will have to pick up the slack in Chase’s absence.
    — Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 27 Nov. 2022
  • This year, indie efforts have helped to pick up the slack.
    — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
  • One more way to do your due diligence that might seem a bit old school: pick up the phone.
    — Bianca Lambert, Essence, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Dominique Hutchison, 32, swung by the shed to pick up items for her niece and nephew.
    — La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 18 June 2024
  • If players can pick up his emotion and bring it to the court, that will be progress.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2022
  • That lasted eight months, and when the band broke up, White picked up a guitar and learned to play.
    — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2025
  • Hoover rallied from an 18-11 first-quarter deficit to pick up the win.
    — al, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Gas prices picked up 1% from May but are down nearly 27% from a year ago.
    — Alicia Wallace, CNN, 12 July 2023
  • Over 7,000 Amazon shoppers picked up this Lego set in the past month.
    — Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Official visit season is here and will pick up in earnest next weekend, when programs across the country roll out all their flashiest bells and whistles.
    — Grace Raynor, New York Times, 21 May 2026
  • One is Tom’s, but the mayor neglected to pick up.
    — Jen Chaney, Vulture, 20 May 2026

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