How to Use bring up in a Sentence

bring up

verb
  • I hate to bring this up, but we're running short of money.
  • Headset: With the headset on, bring up the bottom menu again.
    Wired Staff, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Reed couldn’t do anything because my next line was supposed to bring up a new idea in this moment.
    Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 15 Nov. 2022
  • On a pot, place the olive oil and bring up the temperature to 180 F, then remove from the heat.
    Dallas News, 15 Nov. 2022
  • There’s no denying that tapping the volume buttons once to bring up the slider and then using it to set the volume is much easier.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Of course, this does bring up the question of what Santa should give the kids as stocking stuffers year after year, now that a bouquet of phone cords is probably out.
    Jeff Yang, CNN, 6 Dec. 2022
  • What does reaching out to your ex look like and how could that potentially impact your mutual friendships, bring up old feelings or shake things up in your current relationship?
    Sahaj Kaur Kohli, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Which brings up a question: Why trade for him in the first place?
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
  • The girls who were brought up to play with this doll are now plus or minus 30 years old.
    Radina Gigova, CNN, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Martinez runs left for a yard, bringing up third and 5.
    Nick Daschel | Ndaschel@oregonian.com, oregonlive, 3 Sep. 2023
  • These are the sorts of things we're told in polite society to not bring up.
    Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 16 May 2024
  • This year is likely to bring up the same challenges—and some new ones as well.
    Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Now, a quick search of Temu doesn’t bring up any items described as frisbees.
    Tracy Wen Liu, WIRED, 10 July 2023
  • Rodriguez was brought up as a starter in the Giants’ system.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 18 July 2024
  • Her dream is that the program spreads and helps inspire more children to work hard and bring up their grades.
    Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The two got married, and within a few years Mills had left the workforce to bring up their children.
    Stephen Witt, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
  • As an Asian kid brought up in Asia, we're not taught to be vocal or voice ourselves.
    EW.com, 20 Apr. 2024
  • Searching for Juul now brings up many videos warning of the dangers and how to talk to kids.
    John Daley - Colorado Public Radio, NPR, 9 Apr. 2024
  • He was born in Brooklyn but brought up in Freeport, Long Island.
    Ian Penman, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Other students in the class said the teacher still brings up the exchange.
    Landon Mion, Fox News, 8 Apr. 2023
  • The Cougars were very close last year, but brought up a young crop of JV players that only lost one game in two years.
    Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The actor was brought up in London, but his mom is from Ghana and his dad from Sierra Leone.
    Nell Lewis, CNN, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Weekend storm could bring up to foot of snow to Connecticut.
    Hartford Courant, 13 June 2024
  • When is the right time in a relationship to bring up money?
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Hundreds of camels were making their way to and from the water, the young in the shelter of their mothers, the old and lame bringing up the rear.
    Aminatta Forna, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Pressing the button brings up an app menu, but twisting it?
    Victoria Song, The Verge, 31 May 2024
  • Born and brought up in Chester, England, Gracey has had a diverse career.
    IEEE Spectrum, 26 July 2023
  • Keep that in mind, as paying for someone to install might bring up the overall cost.
    Alec Scherma, Good Housekeeping, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The comment comes amid another press interview getting some attention, which also brought up the idea of rethinking James Bond.
    James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Young seems destined to be brought up as one of the many cautionary tales of the perils of trading away valuable draft picks (and in the Panthers' case, valuable veteran receiver DJ Moore as well).
    Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2024

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