How to Use power up in a Sentence

power up

verb

• An on/off switch on the side makes these house shoes easy to power up.
  — Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2023
• Buck Allen powered up the middle for 12 yards on the next play.
  — Jeff Zrebiec, baltimoresun.com, 15 Oct. 2017
• Then make your way to the food truck to power up before your spin on the ice.
  — Rebecca Deurlein, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• The Ravens don’t have nearly that amount of star power up front.
  — Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 13 Sep. 2021
• To have a scene where Harley snorts cocaine and powers up and beats a bunch of guys with a bat.
  — Dave Itzkoff, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2020
• Able scooped the ball and powered up the left side of the court wearing three defenders.
  — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 4 Jan. 2024
• The amount of energy the bricks can store is small now — not enough to power up a laptop.
  — Anastasia Gorelova St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Star Tribune, 28 Aug. 2020
• Read more pre-Olympics coverage here and power up for the Games!
  — Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2022
• That’s enough to power up to 20 million homes, depending on the time of year.
  — Dallas News, 15 Oct. 2020
• Wireless charging has been around for a while, but most of us still plug in to power up.
  — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 5 June 2019
• The cordless doesn't need an outlet to power up, either — just use the USB port to charge it.
  — Sanah Faroke, Peoplemag, 15 Sep. 2022
• This model powers up to 2,500 strokes-a-minute to help to break down knots and increase blood flow with the touch of a button.
  — NBC News, 29 Oct. 2019
• But each time the device is powered up, the phase of the oscillation can take on one of two states.
  — Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum, 19 July 2023
• Even the Corvette, America’s paragon of V-8 bombast, will soon plug in to power up.
  — Andrew Moseman, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2023
• In four hours, dozens of people stopped at the makeshift charging station to power up their phones.
  — NBC News, 7 Feb. 2020
• That isn’t just a matter of being able to power up a computer from the couch.
  — Anne Quito, Quartz, 20 Sep. 2020
• Pilots power up the engine to let passengers feel the roar and feel the thrust of takeoff.
  — Dallas News, 5 Apr. 2022
• Instead, get them this sleek charging dock to power up their iPhone and Apple Watch in the same place.
  — John Thompson, Men's Health, 17 Nov. 2022
• These are e-bikes that offer the rider a boost of electric power up to 20 miles per hour, but not above.
  — Andrew Moseman, Popular Mechanics, 6 Apr. 2018
• In the right hands and with enough support units, a low-energy grunt could be powered up to carry a deck.
  — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 13 June 2024
• Like the concept of supergroups in the music world, the top women of the restaurant world paired off and powered up this year.
  — Naomi Tomky, Fortune, 1 Dec. 2019
• This can then deliver power up to 3.6kW to any device of your choice.
  — James Morris, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2021
• Wednesday’s brawl was like watching Obi-Wan power up a dusty old light saber.
  — Jason Gay, WSJ, 12 Apr. 2018
• The Royals powered up, too, however, with four homers of their own.
  — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 8 Aug. 2019
• Someone needs to power up or the Giants will be without a 20-homer guy for the fourth straight year, which would be alarming.
  — John Shea, SFChronicle.com, 3 Aug. 2019
• And then power up your ponies, astro babes, and let the unfurling red carpet road rise to meet you...
  — Bess Matassa, Teen Vogue, 10 Sep. 2016
• Buddy the elf helps power up Santa’s sleigh while his friends spread Christmas cheer by singing loud for all to hear.
  — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2021
• Flying into it, the pilot powered up the four engines in an attempt to climb to clear sky.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 7 Dec. 2019
• This two-pack of rechargeable hand warmers is ready to go after only three hours of charging and takes just three seconds to power up.
  — Jamie Spain, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 July 2024
• Level 2 charging stations can power up a fully electric vehicle in about four to 10 hours.
  — Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024