How to Use juice up in a Sentence

juice up

verb
  • Box office analysts might want to start juicing up those estimates.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 25 July 2024
  • Before getting started, the batteries need to be either set in the scope or the optional charger and juiced up for several hours, so patience is a requirement.
    David Szondy, New Atlas, 8 Sep. 2024
  • The magnetic charging puck can quickly juice up the recent Pixel Watch models and get you through your day with even just a 20- or 30-minute top-up.
    Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 18 Sep. 2024
  • It’s meant to juice up the thin score and give it a soulful-dude sound.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2021
  • And then there's the problem of waiting around while your ride is juiced up.
    New Atlas, 23 July 2024
  • This tiny power bank can juice up an iPhone in full up to three times per charge.
    Kaitlyn McInnis, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2024
  • It got juiced up a little bit, but our guys needed that.
    Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Bonus: detach the battery pack when you’re done, and plug your phone into it to juice up.
    Amy Marturana Winderl, Outside Online, 2 Sep. 2020
  • External battery packs can be a great way to juice up your phone while on the go.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Just juice up your phone, make sure your car is ready to roll, grab your go-to road snacks, and let your smartphone do the hard work.
    USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Nwandu’s play has no such brand-name power source to juice up the box office.
    Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2021
  • The wear and tear that charging cords go through is one of the main reasons many turn to wireless chargers to juice up their phones.
    Isabelle Kagan, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2020
  • This faction of Christians would juice up their power by melding it with the power of the state.
    Washington Post, 27 June 2024
  • But they're also rated to carry up to 60 watts of power, enough to juice up a MacBook Air.
    Gear Team, WIRED, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Along with these apps, there are other ways owners can find a place to juice up their vehicles.
    Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2022
  • Might the staff push a recession narrative that moves the Fed to juice up the economy in an election year?
    Kevin A. Hassett, National Review, 19 Jan. 2024
  • The charger can quickly juice up a wide range of electronics, from smartphones to tablets and laptops.
    Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Bruce Pearl is juicing up Auburn’s roster for next season with one of the nation’s top scoring guards.
    Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 9 Apr. 2023
  • This charger is powerful enough to juice up a MacBook Pro.
    Gear Team, Wired, 30 Nov. 2021
  • It's used as a cutting agent that can stretch a supply of heroin or juice up fake prescription pills.
    Nadia Kounang, CNN, 8 Dec. 2021
  • The translucent charger juices up phones, Nintendo Switch consoles, and tablets with 30 watts of power.
    Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 25 July 2023
  • Porsche has decided drivers should be able to juice up EVs in luxury.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 31 July 2023
  • How the frying, which probably began as a way to juice up leftovers, became part of the core preparation when my aunt was young.
    Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Mostly, though, these extravagances serve to juice up the drama.
    Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Scientists say the warming climate may help juice up convective storms even more in the future.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Vaccines juice up immune systems so that viral defense becomes a reflex; tests just flag the issue, then wait for users to make the next move.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 27 Sep. 2021
  • Rural and suburban apartment dwellers can’t just run cords out their three-story windows to juice up their rides through a 140-volt outlet.
    Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 27 June 2024
  • Internal combustion engines, of course, are on the way out, but as long as there are gas stations, there are people who will want to buy gas, and juice up rides like these, for a price.
    Josh Max, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Not needing another vehicle to juice up a battery saves you a lot of anxiety and time.
    William Miller, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Pike and Patton make $10 to $11 an hour; their monthly Social Security check doesn’t juice up their income by much more.
    Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 June 2024

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