Examples of stickup in a Sentence
Noun
He pulled out a gun and shouted, “This is a stickup!”.
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
Cadillac Richie was more of a kind of independent, stickup kid.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2024
Nate Jones, Vulture, 21 Dec. 2024
The 6-foot-5 senior stopped and stuck up his arms, deflecting the pass.
—Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 7 Dec. 2024
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Noun
That complaint could be leveled at the inciting incident, too, a stickup attempt to snatch Miccelli’s kickbacks that ends with Rory and Cobby on the run.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
Cadillac Richie was more of a kind of independent, stickup kid.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2024
Verb
While critics correctly assumed Christopher Nolan didn’t need a boost, a drama about Jewish assimilation and mid-century architecture seems the sort of thing worth sticking up for.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 21 Dec. 2024
The 6-foot-5 senior stopped and stuck up his arms, deflecting the pass.
—Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 7 Dec. 2024
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“Stickup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stickup. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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