How to Use fire up in a Sentence

fire up

phrasal verb

• This new video just sent to me shows the fire up close.
  — Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2024
• Doyle Smith, the bassist for Beach Fossils, fires up the stove.
  — Taran Dugal, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2024
• So that gets me fired up and gets our team fired up too.
  — Conor Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2023
• If not, fire up the kettle and use this sweet tea recipe.
  — Josh Miller, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2024
• Gold Star looking to fire up the Tom & Chee flames again.
  — Cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 28 June 2023
• But as much as the band fires up its engines, the record rarely achieves liftoff.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2024
• Alcaraz then fired up an ace on game point to seize a 5-3 lead in the fifth.
  — Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 16 July 2023
• So go ahead and fire up the grill, then sit back and enjoy the fireworks.
  — The Editors, Field & Stream, 4 July 2024
• Go ahead and fire up the base that Harris is counting on to bring her to the White House.
  — Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2024
• For many, this is a sign to fire up the grill for some hamburgers and hot dogs.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 19 May 2024
• Super easy to make and ready in minutes, there’s no need to even fire up the oven.
  — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 29 Nov. 2024
• With the game in later innings, Boone needed to get fired up and come out of the dugout.
  — Maury Brown, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
• The gun can also fire up to six rounds per minute for three minutes.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 3 Aug. 2023
• Then skincare, makeup, get the French press fired up and pack my lunch.
  — R29 Team, refinery29.com, 2 Sep. 2024
• This griddle pan gives your food that fresh-off-the-grill taste without the need to fire up your grill.
  — Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2024
• Part of her task in the next two months is to keep her base intact and fired up — and to target the middle.
  — Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 3 Sep. 2024
• Storytelling can help us to make peace with that—even to get fired up about that.
  — Shane Snow, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
• The eerie moment fired up his base and propelled him to power.
  — Astha Rajvanshi, TIME, 17 July 2024
• Now the country's leaders are firing up a new round of plans to jump-start growth.
  — Joel Mathis, theweek, 27 Sep. 2024
• The core rotation will also fire up your obliques, the muscles that run along the sides of your trunk.
  — Megan Falk, Women's Health, 18 Aug. 2023
• At least there’s an old-fashioned key to twist when firing up the power plant.
  — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 3 Aug. 2024
• Salesian came out of the halftime break fired up, going on a 12-3 run to cut the St. Joseph’s lead to just two points early in the third.
  — Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2025
• With this bill, the source said, McBride is just as vocal as many in the caucus — and many are fired up on McBride’s behalf.
  — Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Jan. 2025
• The mosquitos arrived with a sound like the start of an air show, where planes fire up their big engines.
  — Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 16 Oct. 2024
• Bump stocks enable a gunman to fire up to hundreds of rounds with a single pull of the trigger.
  — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 17 June 2024
• Of course, anglers didn’t get too fired up over the potential loss of a species with no rod-and-reel value.
  — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 25 Oct. 2023
• Always take a deep breath and fire up your web browser, or app, and go in via the official route.
  — Davey Winder, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
• Looking for a beverage that’s still smoky, but not so fired up?
  — Alicia Valenski, Charlotte Observer, 29 Jan. 2024
• Excess power is often wasted, while a shortfall can mean firing up gas or coal plants.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2025
• Don’t fire up the grill quite yet: A Texas company is recalling its pre-packaged sausage links after pieces of a pen were discovered inside them.
  — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 3 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 11 Mar 2025