How to Use end up in a Sentence

end up

phrasal verb

• Some of it escaped to space, and some of it ended up frozen in ice.
  — Regina G. Barber, NPR, 8 May 2024
• The randomness of where the ball might end up forced the players to slam on the brakes or speed up at a high rate.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2024
• Still, ask most people, and the safe pick to end up back in the Finals from the conference is the Nuggets.
  — Esfandiar Baraheni, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
• The group ended up getting off the train before Dang did.
  — Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 29 Sep. 2023
• Whoever ends up with their egg intact is said to have luck for the year.
  — Anna Halkidis, Parents, 20 Mar. 2024
• Macauley ended up pleading guilty in that case and was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
  — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 9 May 2024
• At this time last year — which ended up a record-setter — the state was at 214% of average.
  — Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
• The show ended up selling out and popping off without a hitch.
  — Stephanie Mendez, SPIN, 23 Oct. 2023
• Television How did Julie and Todd Chrisley end up in prison?
  — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2023
• Everyone ends up at the store, where a rabid mob is ready to snatch all of those half-price deals and free waffle irons.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 Nov. 2023
• This means there’s much less of a chance of ending up with tough pieces of meat when simply trying to make sure the chicken is cooked all the way through.
  — Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2023
• Advertisement Goff ended up getting the last word — on and off the field.
  — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2023
• At the heart of the story is the question of whether we’re destined to end up like our parents, or how much of our parents others see in us.
  — Dennis Zhou, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
• Some clinics don't want to face what could end up being a legal nightmare.
  — Riley Griffin, arkansasonline.com, 26 Feb. 2024
• Many of those displaced have ended up in sprawling tent encampments on the city’s edges.
  — Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2024
• Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker’s son could end up with a rather unique moniker.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 20 July 2023
• My son found love again and ended up marrying a fine lady and mother of two.
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 10 July 2023
• What’s stuck with him most so far are the tiniest patients, the young children that are ending up in hospitals.
  — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 12 Oct. 2023
• Robinson said the military changed his son, who ended up leaving home and living on the streets.
  — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2023
• The only problem: half-empty cans and bottles of soda that go flat, get warm, and end up wasted.
  — G. Clay Whittaker, Bon Appétit, 8 Dec. 2023
• What separates those who end up on the marquee from those who end up in the background is the obsessiveness with their craft.
  — Jaime Falcón, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023
• Waste tanks – where everything that goes down the toilet ends up – are usually located at the back of the plane, and often at the front, too.
  — Julia Buckley, CNN, 9 Mar. 2024
• Teams will be seeded one to 32, and schools could end up facing league opponents in the first round depending on the seeding.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2024
• However, while the abscess remained, the former teacher took a chance and ended up joining the show to find love.
  — Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 22 Dec. 2023
• Though McKnight noted the company had a heavy hand in approving what ended up on screen, the movie didn’t feel like one long ad for the toy.
  — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2023
• Blending contour in the hollows of your cheekbones can draw your face down or end up looking muddy.
  — Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 25 Apr. 2024
• And Jennifer Paz, who ended up playing Lapis, was almost Amethyst.
  — Michaela Zee, Variety, 4 Nov. 2023
• In 1998, Lamborghini ended up in the hands of the Volkswagen Group and Audi and hasn’t looked back ever since.
  — Sean Evans, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2024
• As Snooki is getting down and dirty in the Smash room, the show ends with rivals Angelina and Vinny sucking face in the cab and ending up in his bed.
  — Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• The mainstream media shouldn’t cover for Biden—if the law ends up having Hunter Biden dead to rights, it should of course be covered truthfully.
  — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 18 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024