How to Use hole up in a Sentence

hole up

verb
  • For each rose, dig a hole up to two feet around and deep.
    Benjamin Whitacre, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 June 2020
  • That house they’re holed up in might start to feel more like a prison.
    Udonis Haslem, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • That means moms and dads hole up in the room for days, sometimes weeks.
    Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Oct. 2021
  • But the flick’s real star is the airport lounge where the swells hole up.
    Barbara Peterson, WSJ, 15 Oct. 2022
  • Maybe that’s why the likes of Justin Bieber and Harry Styles have holed up here.
    Demarco Williams, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Eleanor spends most of her time holed up in her bedroom.
    Elena Nicolaou, refinery29.com, 20 June 2019
  • On the next play, Mostert cruised through a cavernous hole up the middle for a 10-yard score.
    Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com, 8 Dec. 2019
  • Think of Shaun of the Dead’s motley crew holed up in the Winchester pub.
    Josh Wilbur, Wired, 29 Mar. 2020
  • This time Jaylen Jenkins received the kick at the Allen 7 and found a big hole up the middle.
    Dallas News, 28 Aug. 2021
  • Retreat to the lake along with the rest of the Donner Party and hole up in those cabins.
    Cody Cassidy, Wired, 13 Jan. 2021
  • But there are plenty of warm, dry theaters to hole up in.
    Trevor Fraser, OrlandoSentinel.com, 25 May 2018
  • Ewing phoned the apartment where the gunmen and hostages were holed up, and then yelled up the stairs at them.
    Bob Goldsborough, latimes.com, 28 June 2019
  • The captain came to speak with Cox and other guests holed up in the ship’s Liquid Lounge.
    Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Minor, burning a hole up the line, had already smacked the base.
    Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2022
  • Stretching out the wait By the end of Monday, most of the Bay Area will have been holed up in their homes for two weeks.
    Jason W. Lloren, SFChronicle.com, 30 Mar. 2020
  • They were holed up with strangers in a Matamoros hotel that felt much safer than the tent camps.
    Maria Sacchetti, Washington Post, 18 July 2023
  • Sara and Miriam holed up in a bright pink 1953 Vagabond trailer.
    Hayley Krischer, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Now some people will drink too much, drive too fast, or hole up and watch TV.
    Florence Williams, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 2022
  • Some were holed up in a makeshift treehouse and on the roof of a single-story building in the park.
    Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The suspect then holed up in a stairwell with a shotgun, Doty said.
    CBS News, 4 July 2018
  • But on 3rd down, Cardwell sees a huge hole up the middle and he’s gone for the 34-yard touchdown run.
    oregonlive, 30 Oct. 2021
  • Garski played his shot tee shot for the par 5 554-yard ninth hole up its fairway but hit the lip of a bunker.
    Mark Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 June 2018
  • Workers were holed up at the mine over the weekend, afraid to leave because of threats by armed groups.
    Fox News, 28 May 2018
  • At least one suspect was holed up in a local store, sources said.
    NBC News, 10 Dec. 2019
  • Lindsey then holed up in the apartment for almost a full day.
    NBC News, 15 June 2018
  • After 10 days holed up in the Acropole, Mr. Pagoulatos and the others with him were out of food and water.
    Matina Stevis-Gridneff, New York Times, 16 June 2023
  • Sycamore bounced back with their run game as Brian Doneghy found a hole up the gut on 3rd and 2 and rambled 54 yards for a score.
    Scott Springer, Cincinnati.com, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Maggie and Thomas More hole up back at the palace, just in case they were infected.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 9 Nov. 2020
  • Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, has been holed up in the embassy for almost six years.
    Doug Criss, CNN, 25 May 2018
  • Last Thursday, he was flown to Traverse City, where he has been holed up in a hotel room ever since — still anxious about what's to come.
    Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 11 Sep. 2024

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