How to Use dustup in a Sentence

dustup

noun

• He had a dustup with a guy in the bar.
• There is no reason to mention Yoko as the prime mover in this dustup.
  — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 25 Mar. 2021
• The dustup occurred after Abreu was hit by a pitch for the 21st time this season.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 29 Sep. 2021
• While Sexton was at the center of Sunday’s dustup, the win over the Raptors wasn’t just about him.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 22 Mar. 2021
• Miller’s dustup with Clifton came after Clifton hammered Roope Hintz along the boards.
  — Dallas News, 25 Oct. 2022
• Crowder said when asked about the dustups with Thompson.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 18 Jan. 2020
• The biggest dustup was over the Black Lives Matter movement.
  — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 17 May 2021
• There had been a dustup pregame when Maher was warming up.
  — Josh Dubow, Chron, 22 Jan. 2023
• The dustup came last summer as people took to the streets in cities across American to protest after the death of George Floyd.
  — Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 27 July 2021
• The dustup over Biden's speech reflected the broader conundrum: How to talk about the war in Ukraine?
  — Joel Mathis, The Week, 28 Mar. 2022
• Kitchens didn’t see the dustup -- the offense was working on a different field than the defense.
  — Dan Labbe, cleveland.com, 14 Aug. 2019
• This all comes amid the latest dustup between Cox and Carlson.
  — Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Apr. 2022
• The dustup came after Tatis struck out looking and then argued the call by umpire Phil Cuzzi.
  — Bernie Wilson, ajc, 22 Sep. 2021
• The fact that #pokimane trended at all made the Anys-Vail dustup news, ripe for reactions.
  — Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 31 July 2020
• If the defender is moving his or her feet during the dustup: block, foul on the defense.
  — Sean Gregory, Time, 6 Apr. 2020
• Fans, the Orbits, vowed to boycott the upcoming album in response to the dustup.
  — Vulture, 3 Aug. 2023
• Phoenix time in the same arena where Friday's outcome and postgame dustup is bond to carry over into the third matchup.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2022
• The dustup over salaries is just the latest in a long line of controversies that have cast a cloud on the town and its reputation.
  — Mark Eddington, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Dec. 2022
• Thomas’ second hit came before Grant had even fielded the punt and sparked a dustup between the two teams that led to the ejection of three players.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 7 Dec. 2020
• Saban played down the dustup but is not one to forget a slight, much less a public undressing.
  — Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Sep. 2022
• The Klingberg-Tkachuk dustup set the stage for skilled players to behave like barbarians.
  — Dallas News, 5 May 2022
• Ricky Gervais caused quite a dustup with his opening monologue at the 2020 Golden Globes.
  — Megan Stein, Country Living, 6 Jan. 2020
• Since then, the teams have traded on-court dustups and off-court spats, but there seems to be a respect level that always remains.
  — Rusty Simmons, SFChronicle.com, 24 Oct. 2019
• Since the dustup with Ahmari, the local police department had kept watch on his house.
  — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2019
• The dustup most likely stemmed from an incident in Monday night's game between the two teams when Kiermaier was safe on a close play at the plate.
  — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 22 Sep. 2021
• But the latest dustup can be traced to last winter when the MPS board renewed Carmen's charter contract and lease for two years.
  — Annysa Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Aug. 2019
• Perhaps the most fitting comment about the dustup came from Texas Democrat Sylvia Garcia.
  — Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Oct. 2021
• In 2020, creators’ struggle to wrest ownership of their art from the internet is the biggest dustup in town.
  — Emma Grey Ellis, Wired, 27 Jan. 2020
• On the surface, the dustup is minor and easily dismissed.
  — Stefan Bondy, courant.com, 7 Feb. 2022
• The dustup over the Tennessee race wasn't the first time in recent months that Trump's endorsement -- or lack thereof -- has unnerved those around him.
  — Melanie Zanona, Gabby Orr and Alex Rogers, CNN, 3 Feb. 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024