How to Use pull-up in a Sentence

pull-up

1 of 2 noun
  • Start with the basics: squats, pull-ups, push-ups, and rows.
    — Ashley Mateo, Health, 6 May 2024
  • Chucky Hepburn scores the game's first points on a pull-up jumper at the 18:18 mark.
    — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Also had the pull-up to give Whitnall the lead in the final minute.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Through Game 5, Tatum was 6 for 21 on pull-up threes in this series.
    — Julian Benbow, BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2023
  • One of it was a pull-up, somebody went under on a screen.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 16 July 2024
  • The two sides traded first-half blows with Swint drilling a pull-up at the buzzer to tie the game at 17 after one.
    — Matt Feld, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Glenelg Country #1, Jalen Baker pull-up jump shot in the 1st half.
    — Glenn Graham, Baltimore Sun, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Tatum missed a pull-up 3-pointer and a stepback jumper in the final minute.
    — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Mar. 2023
  • On one early pull-up jumper, Forbes leaned to the floor and put her hand to her ankle in a too-small taunt.
    — Luca Evans, Orange County Register, 11 Mar. 2024
  • An overhand grip, in which your palms are facing away from you, is a pull-up.
    — Jacqueline Andriakos, Health, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Smith was a killer against that coverage with his pull-up jumper.
    — Cj Moore, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
  • His pull-up jumper gave Covenant a 46-39 lead with under two minutes left.
    — Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Give push-ups, chest presses, pull-ups, lat pulldowns, bent-over rows, and face pulls a shot.
    — Ashley Mateo, Women's Health, 8 Apr. 2023
  • The Lions’ first points came with 2:50 left in the first quarter on a pull-up jumper by Easton Jaeger.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Push-ups, pull-ups and getting a massage (couldn't lay on my stomach).
    — Katherine Itoh, NBC News, 25 Mar. 2024
  • In the first half, Marines take a physical fitness test that includes a three-mile run, pull-ups and planks.
    — Lolita C. Baldor, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Early in the highlight package, Williamson hit a pull-up jump shot in Wilson’s face.
    — Dallas News, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Lillard has always been among the league’s top clutch performers but couldn’t knock down this pull-up off the bounce.
    — Eric Nehm, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
  • This includes push-ups, squats, pull-ups, lunges and overhead presses.
    — Ian McMahan, Washington Post, 7 July 2024
  • The pull-up has become the ultimate fitness flex for women in midlife.
    — Jen Murphy, WSJ, 5 Aug. 2023
  • The pull-up is difficult because the muscles involved just aren’t all that strong.
    — Outside Online, 16 Jan. 2025
  • There were smooth pull-up jumpers, driving layups, floaters, pull-up threes in transition and assists out of pick-and-rolls.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2024
  • Atkins broke out the full repertoire of runners, pull-ups, isolation instances and her catch-and-shoot game.
    — Kareem Copeland, Washington Post, 15 June 2024
  • Think sit-ups, pull-ups, push-ups, crunches or squats, as examples.
    — Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 27 May 2023
  • But everything was working for him Wednesday — his pull-up jumpers, his floaters and his three-point game (3 for 7).
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Jordan Clarkson drained a pull-up 3 from above the break, then another after Hield fell down in front of him.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Young stopped for a pull-up and Hield's momentum kept going, but Hield leaped and threw his right arm up to block Young's attempt at a jumper.
    — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Jan. 2024
  • With the pieces he’s designed, Nuriev has assembled a home gym of sorts, complete with jean hand weights, a weight bench, a pull-up bar, and a yoga mat.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 4 Mar. 2023
  • There is also a fitness court with various stations for pull-ups, sit-ups and stretching.
    — Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2025
  • Brunson’s shot — a cold-blooded pull-up three with the season hanging in the balance — was the dagger that sent New York to its third straight second-round appearance.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 2 May 2025

pull up

2 of 2 verb
  • The trio that was pulled up on stage was up to the task, to huge cheers.
    — Kayla Samoy, Chicago Tribune, 22 July 2023
  • Tap and hold on the app to pull up the option to delete.
    — Brett Molina, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2021
  • So, grab a glass of eggnog and pull up a chair by the fire.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 14 Nov. 2020
  • The Wings had their best quarter of the game and didn't pull up.
    — J.l. Kirven, The Indianapolis Star, 26 June 2021
  • Instead, pull up the plants at the end of the season and put them in the garbage.
    — Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Faiyaz pulls up in a car to check out the sales before telling the kid to up the price.
    — Heran Mamo, Billboard, 26 Oct. 2023
  • At one point, a sedan with New York plates pulled up to the farm.
    — Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The other car pulled up next to me, about to turn left.
    — Thomas Lake, CNN, 10 June 2024
  • Humphrey pulled up to the camp in a brand-new orange Corvette.
    — Jeff Zrebiec, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Use a spoon to gently pull up the lime and rhum from the bottom of the glass.
    — Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 8 July 2020
  • When the light turned green, Clancy pulled up next to Lenway.
    — Betsy Shuller, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Do a quick stir with bar spoon from the bottom of the glass to pull up the bitter.
    — Ana Calderone, PEOPLE.com, 18 June 2021
  • The Red Devils pulled up to a park near El Camino by 8.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Dec. 2023
  • Hg Many compression socks pull up to just the base of the knee.
    — Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Don't forget to turn on all the lights—no one wants to pull up to a dark house.
    — Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Nov. 2024
  • In many cases, the ships got spooked, pulling up their gear and fleeing the scene.
    — Ian Urbina, TIME, 26 Oct. 2023
  • By the end of the day, their pants were pulled up to their knees and their shoes were sopping wet.
    — Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 13 May 2025
  • Those dudes need to pull up a chair and learn from Jordan.
    — Jourdan Rodrigue, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
  • When Tran rang it, Daisy and Kelsey pulled up in a surrey.
    — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Stools pull up to the counter to form a compact seating area.
    — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Aug. 2022
  • The cast of Euphoria sure knows how to pull up in style.
    — Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Best practices: Come for dinner and pull up to the bar.
    — Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Nov. 2021
  • The paralegal pulled up the video on an 87-inch TV screen.
    — Joshua Lott, Washington Post, 8 July 2024
  • The 39-year-old pulled up to a cluster of brown paper bags.
    — Sarah Nassauer, WSJ, 28 Dec. 2023
  • As soon as her mom pulls up at the studio, Lily jumps out.
    — Allegra Goodman, The New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2024
  • Just remove the cap (pull up; don't twist), pop The Poppy on, and you're set.
    — Marissa Wu, Southern Living, 7 July 2021
  • The device then pulls up the photo from the Photos app.
    — Emily Dreibelbis, PCMAG, 10 June 2024
  • Leah pulls up to bring her as close to the spot as possible.
    — Angela Andaloro, People.com, 31 Jan. 2025
  • That’s right, Porsha pulls up to Phaedra’s home with a bottle of bubbly and a purse full of gossip.
    — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 25 May 2025
  • The first play was on Anthony Santander’s line drive off the top of the wall in right field that Tatis wisely pulled up on and waited to field the carom off the wall and hold Santander to a single.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2025

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