How to Use shape up in a Sentence

shape up

verb

• How could the draft shape up with them leading the way?
  — Matt Goul, cleveland, 10 May 2021
• But the bottom line is the Browns defense has to shape up.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 2 Oct. 2022
• So how does the final month of the season shape up for the three teams?
  — Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 9 Apr. 2021
• At this point, the Eagles shape up as the best in the division.
  — USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2022
• That said, 2022 could shape up to be the Switch's biggest year yet.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 8 Jan. 2022
• If so, get in Mayfield’s ear and tell him to shape up and play smarter.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 9 Oct. 2021
• Then, the big wild card is how the forecast will shape up for the final third of March.
  — Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2021
• Here’s a look at how the Louisville-area districts shape up for the playoffs.
  — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 3 Nov. 2020
• In the clip, Jelly Roll enlists a friend to cut his hair and shape up his beard.
  — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 30 June 2023
• But Winters said the lifeguard jobs shape up as the hardest to fill.
  — Don Stacom, courant.com, 15 Feb. 2022
• This season could shape up to be the first trophy-less one in over a decade.
  — Emmet Gates, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022
• The 14 lead changes in the second half helped this one shape up into a Big 5 classic.
  — Dan Gelston, ajc, 12 Nov. 2022
• Zing News The Pixel 7a is shaping up to be a monster of a mid-ranger.
  — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 17 Apr. 2023
• The first day of April is shaping up to be a brawl between winter and spring.
  — Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Apr. 2023
• Either way, this unit is shaping up to be one of the best Texas has seen in quite some time.
  — Alex Briseno, Dallas News, 21 Feb. 2020
• The Battle of the Bays didn't shape up the way many people expected.
  — Mike Hart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Oct. 2020
• The right-hander is in the middle of what is shaping up to be a career year.
  — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2023
• My spouse will either flip out or come to his senses and shape up.
  — Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2023
• Polling shows Trump, 78, leading Biden in what’s shaping up to be a close race.
  — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 8 July 2024
• The election is shaping up to be like no other in decades.
  — Craig Gilbert, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2020
• This is just the start of a much more active weather pattern that will shape up by the second half of the week.
  — Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Mar. 2023
• The Chicago Tribune talked with Kay about the study to see how this year’s wedding plans will shape up.
  — Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com, 15 Feb. 2022
• The contest was seen by both Republicans and Democrats as a test of how the midterms would shape up.
  — Haris Alic, Fox News, 1 Sep. 2022
• But the next two weeks will be important in how the start of recovery will shape up.
  — Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Oct. 2021
• If the first half of 2023 was a low point in the news business’s free fall, the second half is shaping up to be the era of the autopsy.
  — Sam Venis, The New Republic, 30 July 2023
• The Stars need to shape up, that much was clear after Colorado trounced them in a 4-0 loss on Wednesday night.
  — Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 6 Aug. 2020
• Here are the ways retirement might be shaping up for you.
  — Kate Ashford Of Nerdwallet, Quartz, 12 Mar. 2024
• The Week 5 matchup between these two teams is already shaping up to be a tasty matchup.
  — Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 1 Aug. 2023
• Curious about how the scene is shaping up four years later?
  — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Aug. 2024
• Wheels in either model variant shape up with 27.5-inch alloy rims.
  — Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 8 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Sep 2024