How to Use come up in a Sentence

come up

verb

• 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
• Keep in mind you will be searched online to see what comes up.
  — Susan Johnston, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• However, Claudia managed to come up with a Plan B and the cousin saved the day.
  — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
• 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
• A lot of factors have come up, the pandemic being one of them.
  — Spin Staff, SPIN, 30 Nov. 2023
• Nobody has come up in more sessions throughout the day than Musk.
  — Mia Sato, The Verge, 30 Nov. 2023
• One was Ice Cube, the other was Patti Smith (who comes up frequently in the book).
  — Jim Ryan, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
• The agency gave Boeing 90 days — with a deadline in late May — to come up with a plan to address the issues.
  — Lori Aratani, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2024
• Anderson worked with her doctors to come up with a plan.
  — Sandra Rose Salathe, Peoplemag, 14 Sep. 2023
• The 52-year-old, unsure the business would survive, scrambled to figure out how to come up with the cash to pay the taxes.
  — Jennifer Williams-Alvarez, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2023
• Shelton came up on stage to give his stepson a proud hug following the song.
  — Emy Lacroix, Peoplemag, 29 Sep. 2023
• The request came up because the city is getting ready to start work on an expansion of the center.
  — Stacy Ryburn, arkansasonline.com, 12 Dec. 2023
• Fitzpatrick's company crunched the data and came up with the surname Miller.
  — Morgan Canty, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2023
• But a legal deadline to come up with a more equitable social compact, at least in the eyes of the Supreme Court, now looms at the end of March.
  — Mick Krever, CNN, 8 Mar. 2024
• For the last seven years, the state Department of Transportation has held a contest to come up with the best messages.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2024
• On all previous films, the composer tried to come up with a strong central melody and derive a score from that.
  — Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2023
• Buffalo, trailing by three, came up short on a fake-punt attempt in the fourth quarter at their own 32.
  — Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2024
• Noisy engine comes up short on performance, rear bench belongs in a park.
  — Frank Markus, Car and Driver, 15 July 2023
• Although the Kansas City team failed to score in the second half, the Miami Dolphins came up short by the end of the game with only 14 points in the third quarter.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 5 Nov. 2023
• Nick came up with this idea that lip sync was best served by being very strong and exaggerated and big.
  — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Jan. 2024
• The 34-year-old explained that Reid came up to him after the incident and didn’t have any harsh words for him, even though Kelce expected some.
  — Ben Morse, CNN, 14 Feb. 2024
• And then Veloz came up with the smoking gun: one of Morie Kimmel's relatives had a photograph.
  — Maureen Maher, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2023
• Burton cracked the story, co-produced the film and came up with character designs, but Selick helmed the picture.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 2 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024