How to Use open up in a Sentence

open up

verb

• The fissures have opened up on both sides of the aisle.
  — Alex Lemonides, New York Times, 9 May 2024
• And so two jobs opened up (in 1980) — Duke and N.C. State.
  — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 28 Feb. 2024
• Don’t be afraid to add some water to this whiskey to open up the palate and bring down the ABV a bit.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 27 Dec. 2022
• Ripa, also 53, opened up about the stress the pair felt.
  — Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 23 May 2024
• And at some point, a statewide race in Virginia might open up for Luria.
  — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 26 Dec. 2022
• The key to getting Williams to open up, says Bouzereau, was to focus on his work.
  — Jon Burlingame, Variety, 21 Oct. 2024
• The tight end opened up about his style in an interview with WSJ.
  — Genevieve Cepeda, Peoplemag, 25 Dec. 2023
• This isn’t the Rare Beauty founder’s first time opening up about this dark time in her life.
  — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 21 Sep. 2023
• Lodge wore a hard-hat with a company logo, and spoke of the need to open up mining on the seabed.
  — Evan Halper, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2023
• Boston scored three times on six shots in the period to open up a 6-1 lead.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Feb. 2023
• But even in good years now, the runs are too small for the tribe to open up a spring commercial season.
  — Tony Schick, ProPublica, 28 Dec. 2022
• Watch Usher open up about the Bieber reunion that wasn’t meant to be below.
  — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 16 Feb. 2024
• The other struck the back of his upper right arm, pierced the shoulder joint and opened up a gaping hole on the way out.
  — Manuel Canales, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2023
• In an interview with IMDb in 2019, Garfield opened up about his view on love.
  — Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 21 Oct. 2024
• Skylights were opened up, floors leveled, the wall of video screens removed.
  — Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2023
• Cuong Tran did not take any photos or videos of the hole that opened up in the side of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282.
  — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
• But in 2021, the musician opened up to Rolling Stone about the pressure that comes with such a label.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2023
• In both, vast windows open up on the landscape that flurries past.
  — Elle Benson Easton, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2024
• In the half-dozen times she’s been to a psychologist since the shooting, she’s refused to open up.
  — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2024
• Rooms are assembled in a U-shape, with French doors that open up to a central pool.
  — Michelle Duncan, Architectural Digest, 15 Aug. 2024
• When drying, be sure to take out the laces, open up the tongue as much as possible and aerate.
  — Joel Balsam, Travel + Leisure, 28 Mar. 2023
• And the top zipper, while not a wraparound zipper, still opens up wide for easy access to drinks and snacks.
  — Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 27 July 2023
• After lockdown, the world opened up for the lucky laptop workers.
  — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2024
• And, in the process, could open up the most popular lunch spot in Corvallis.
  — Bill Oram, oregonlive, 3 Sep. 2023
• Asia, as the last region to open up after Covid, will be top of many travelers' minds.
  — Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 7 Jan. 2023
• Hope is a virtue, though, and at least one possible crack in the Standard Model did open up this year.
  — Natalie Wolchover, Quanta Magazine, 22 Dec. 2022
• This was done so as not to have a pocket that could open up suspicion of robbery.
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2023
• The second video shows Sena sitting on the floor of what appears to be a living room while opening up a present.
  — Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 2 Oct. 2023
• The White House wants to preserve the truce and has been wary of taking action in Yemen that could open up another war front.
  — TIME, 12 Jan. 2024
• Shirley MacLaine, a longtime star in the movie-world firmament, opens up her personal photo gallery to the world.
  — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024