How to Use shut up in a Sentence
shut up
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But that man turned around, shut up and strapped on his mask.
—Alex Connor, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2021
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The colonel told it to shut up, and pushed himself from the table.
—Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2020
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Joe Biden telling trump to shut up is the highlight of my week.
—Sonia Ramirez, Houston Chronicle, 30 Sep. 2020
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The challenge is to learn to use with freedom the cage we’re shut up in.
—Elena Ferrante, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2022
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The point is to get women of color to sit down and shut up.
—Jennifer Wright, Harper's BAZAAR, 31 July 2019
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May the pueblo be ready to shut up the Eastside politico once and for all.
—Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2023
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At least some Jets fans wish Mr. Rodgers would just shut up and play.
—Ken Belson, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2024
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Hey, Huskers, put a corncob in your pie hole and shut up.
—Mike Bianchi, orlandosentinel.com, 30 Oct. 2020
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His colleagues would tell him to shut up and gain some weight.
—The Economist, 4 July 2019
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That may not shut up the fans, at least the ones in Los Angeles and New York.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2022
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The City Council told us to shut up and trust it with our future.
—Star Tribune, 12 Nov. 2020
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They’ve been told by the veterans, 'Hey, shut up and play a role.
—Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 19 Aug. 2020
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Back in the old days with a more feisty group of challengers, he would’ve been told to shut up and sit down.
—Kyndall Cunningham, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2021
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The best way to shut up the sources is to win lots of games, not declare martial law on them.
—Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 6 Aug. 2019
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Your neighbors won’t be banging on the walls telling you to shut up.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2023
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Time to quit talking about awards won or lost and put up or shut up.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 25 May 2022
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But the Cougars will need to win plenty of games this season to shut up any doubters.
—Norma Gonzalez, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Aug. 2021
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Kellen Moore was in his bag against the Bucs, which means his critics should shut up for a week.
—Dallas News, 16 Jan. 2023
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Church members are trained at that point to shut up and raise our hands and go along with it.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Nov. 2020
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And forgive me, Zooey, but my response to that was say it once and shut up.
—Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 20 July 2023
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Dak Prescott shut up all his critics – at least for one week.
—Dallas News, 17 Jan. 2023
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They were supposed to shut up and like it, to be central to a man’s life and to his success.
—The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2021
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It’s put up or shut up time for dozens of cities across the San Francisco Bay Area.
—Ben Christopher, The Mercury News, 25 Jan. 2024
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Grohl could be heard telling him to shut up, according to news accounts of the show.
—NBC News, 27 Mar. 2022
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At this point, there is only one way to get Donald Trump to shut up.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2020
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Not just remembered it in my mind — my body wouldn’t shut up about it.
—Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Mar. 2022
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That's not to say school board critics should simply shut up.
—Joel Mathis, The Week, 1 Oct. 2021
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When Ganske asked what was going on, someone told her to shut up.
—New York Times, 23 Feb. 2022
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Except when the time finally came to put up or shut up, Laurel backed down from the challenge.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 29 May 2024
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Adele tells a homophobic heckler to ‘shut up’ on first day of Pride Month in Las Vegas.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
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