How to Use come up in a Sentence

come up

verb

• The 5-foot-7 Cooper came up with six points and three rebounds in that stretch.
  — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 10 Dec. 2024
• Penny came up behind Neely and put him in a chokehold that lasted about six minutes.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2024
• Of course, his work with one of Hollywood’s biggest stars also came up, Tom Cruise.
  — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Dec. 2024
• Creative individuals come up with novel and productive ideas or ways of doing things, solving problems in unconventional ways.
  — Mark Travers, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
• In the fall of 2004, Frank came up with an idea for a project.
  — Hazlitt, 3 Apr. 2024
• But in the eighth inning, Ruth came up to the plate and knocked one out to right field.
  — Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2023
• The next thing that came up was the Fourth of July 1985 concert in D.C.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2023
• Lo and behold, his name came up – on LinkedIn, of all places.
  — Eli Amdur, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2024
• Keep in mind you will be searched online to see what comes up.
  — Susan Johnston, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2023
• Some come up more than others: One, standing on the edge of the Grand Canyon.
  — Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2024
• It’s expected to come up for a vote before the full House in the weeks ahead.
  — Steven Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2023
• Siri Daly has come up with the perfect soundtrack to her life as a mom.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 22 July 2024
• Dear Miss Manners: The wedding of the son of a good friend is coming up in a few weeks.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2024
• Once in the water, Bloom shares a glimpse of him and Perry coming up to the surface.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 13 Aug. 2024
• This new video calls out the name of every musician when their parts come up in the track.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2024
• Carla would spend the day with her, then come up, hang with me, come back downstairs.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2024
• His game has worked for him so far, so just come up here and do the same thing, don’t try to do something else.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2023
• Uber isn’t the first company to come up with this idea for a car-free trial.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 27 June 2024
• However, Claudia managed to come up with a Plan B and the cousin saved the day.
  — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
• Others came up and shook hands with him while keeping it brief.
  — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2024
• Mikel Arteta’s side has pushed City all the way over the past two seasons but has so far come up short.
  — Matias Grez, CNN, 16 Aug. 2024
• King Charles turned to the man who designed the iPhone, iPad and iPod to come up with the symbol for his coronation.
  — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 10 Feb. 2023
• In Game 1, Bobrovsky had to come up with heroics time and again to will Florida to the win.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 11 June 2024
• In his chat with WCL, Manilow explained that brands give jingle writers the lyrics and ask them to come up with the melody.
  — Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 4 Mar. 2023
• The joy of House of Villains comes from all the styles of confrontation the contestants come up against.
  — Vulture, 3 Nov. 2023
• The same names seem to come up again and again, names notably different than a decade or so ago.
  — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2023
• So how did the subject of Benicio co-writing first come up on your end?
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Oct. 2023
• All this could be a lot to swallow, both when Stewart was coming up and now.
  — Constance Grady, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
• A lot of factors have come up, the pandemic being one of them.
  — Spin Staff, SPIN, 30 Nov. 2023
• Vargas came up through the minor leagues as a third baseman.
  — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2024

Last Updated: 25 Dec 2024