How to Use sum up in a Sentence

sum up

verb
  • So, to sum up: Of the top 11 teams in the rankings, five come from the SEC.
    — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2022
  • This whole process is summed up by the title of the EP, Kismet.
    — Scott Huver, Peoplemag, 5 July 2023
  • The thoughts of most Kings fans can be summed up in a few tweets.
    — Noel Harris, sacbee, 20 June 2018
  • The fourth game of the second set summed up Williams' woe.
    — Ravi Ubha, CNN, 7 Sep. 2019
  • Crazy sums up how the season played out for Mitchell and the Jazz.
    — John Coon, The Courier-Journal, 13 May 2018
  • So to sum up, the Dodgers’ trade deadline deals were sort of ...
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Trump's State of the Union Address can be summed up in four words: more of the same.
    — Sabrina Eaton, cleveland.com, 31 Jan. 2018
  • This sums up the dilemma facing the country and the world.
    — Jerrold Lundquist, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
  • The league’s poor style of play could be summed up in one 39-second video.
    — Andrew Joseph, For The Win, 26 June 2018
  • This picture sums up this man’s life over the last decade.
    — Hayleigh Colombo, The Indianapolis Star, 14 July 2024
  • This pretty much sums up the last 40 years with my best friend.
    — Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 28 Apr. 2018
  • That shot of him in the archival footage sums up everything.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 25 Oct. 2024
  • His body lift of Matthew Tkachuk in the third period summed up the Kings' night.
    — Curtis Zupke, latimes.com, 25 Jan. 2018
  • How to sum up the year 2020 for New Orleans restaurants and bars?
    — Beth D'addono, NOLA.com, 28 Dec. 2020
  • For her, that motto continues to sum up the ethos of the event.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024
  • This summed up the vibe on the first night of the show's Fiji villa debut.
    — Tahar Rajab, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
  • He was asked to sum up Trump’s tariff plan for Europe and the world.
    — Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
  • Here is the good and bad of Amazon's own Alexa speakers, summed up.
    — Jeffrey Van Camp, WIRED, 16 Mar. 2018
  • The principled case, now and then, is summed up in three words: Trump’s a crook.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2019
  • That summed up the 24-hour baseball cycle of the Marlins.
    — Clark Spencer, miamiherald, 21 May 2018
  • For years, Mark Zuckerberg’s style could be summed up in a look: the hoodie.
    — Lauren Goode, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Franks’ rough day was summed up during a play in the third quarter.
    — Ian Cohen, OrlandoSentinel.com, 28 Oct. 2017
  • Overall, one critic’s tweet seemed to sum up the whole day.
    — Jaclyn Reiss, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • That about sums up South’s play at today’s four spades.
    — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
  • That sums up about 80 percent of all rom-coms.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • These are summed up in a personal experience.
    — Arkansas Online, 14 Mar. 2026
  • This game summed up what Chelsea are.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
  • That summed up the spirit of the performance, which brought a standing ovation from the audience.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 12 Mar. 2026
  • These are summed up in a personal experience.
    — Llewellyn King, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2026
  • That last statement sums up Rubio.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026

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