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Examples of pipe up in a Sentence
don't worry, he'll pipe up if he feels he's being overlooked
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But then a little voice called financial reality piped up.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Dec. 2024
Sunny pipes up that there’s a more detailed family document available, a kaiseigen koseki, but only a blood relative of Masa can request it.
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 24 July 2024
That day, Piaf’s secretary had already informed them that the meeting was canceled when the singer piped up in a weary voice from her bedroom and agreed to see them.
—Alex Williams, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
Zen pipes up that his yakuza captors asked him if there were any phrases his mom regularly used.
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2024
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First Known Use
1853, in the meaning defined above
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“Pipe up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pipe%20up. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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