How to Use stickup in a Sentence

stickup

1 of 2 noun

• He pulled out a gun and shouted, “This is a stickup!”.
• No injuries have been reported or arrests made in any of the dozen stickups.
  — oregonlive, 26 Feb. 2020
• Her ex-boyfriend, who’d held the gun during the stickup and pleaded guilty to armed robbery—a more serious felony—was sentenced to four.
  — Lauren Smiley, Wired, 8 Mar. 2022
• During the stickup, the gunmen killed a security guard, Peter Paige.
  — New York Times, 1 May 2022
• The stickup happened Saturday steps from the boy's home in Monroe, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) southeast of Charlotte.
  — Fox News, 6 Aug. 2018
• The long prison sentence that resulted from the hotel-room stickup brought a measure of satisfaction to some of those who thought Simpson got away with murder.
  — Ken Ritter, The Seattle Times, 21 July 2017
• Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said the gambling that police worry about is open-air dice games that can lead to stickups or shootings.
  — John Keilman, chicagotribune.com, 18 June 2019
• Police initially linked the 7-Eleven stickup to Collier’s killing but later backed away from that theory.
  — Michele McPhee, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2018
• Two brothers with a Hell or High Water dynamic take a disgraced doctor and his family hostage and force him to operate on one of the bros who’s been shot in a stickup gone wrong.
  — Donald Liebenson, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2021
• Houston police released surveillance video this week showing a violent Waffle House stickup in which a trio of masked armed robbers burst into the restaurant and forced customers to the floor.
  — Robert Gearty, Fox News, 12 Oct. 2019
• According to Cleveland Police, the players had jewelry and a truck taken during the early morning stickup.
  — Tom Withers, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2023
• Both stickups were captured on surveillance video released Wednesday.
  — Tonya Alanez, Sun-Sentinel.com, 4 Oct. 2017
• After a string of armed robberies at Denver dispensaries, employees are worried about another stickup, Tiney Ricciardi reports.
  — The Denver Post, 26 Jan. 2020

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stick up

2 of 2 verb

• Jonathan Gitlin Note the door handles that stick up and out from the side.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 5 July 2024
• On his, the skeletal ribs of a derelict ship stick up from the water.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2022
• But like Ayesha said, many fans already knew this and stuck up for the singer.
  — Noelle Devoe, Seventeen, 3 May 2017
• And the claws from her dad come out and Kelly has the bravery to try and stick up for her.
  — Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 28 July 2022
• One man lay crushed under the wreck of a car, his legs sticking up in the air.
  — Balint Szlanko, Fox News, 13 Apr. 2018
• Because somebody has to stick up for the worst people in the world.
  — David Marchese, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2022
• In the film, Ryan tells fans not to worry about sticking up for them.
  — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2023
• Glad to see the Riverdale girls sticking up for each other.
  — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 31 Oct. 2018
• The tip of the peak should flop back over onto itself rather than stick up straight.
  — Samantha MacAvoy, Good Housekeeping, 22 Oct. 2021
• And a lot of that is due to Judy too for sticking up and saying it must be changed.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 3 Dec. 2019
• Firefighters used wedges of wood to spread the rollers enough to free the man, whose hand was stuck up to his wrist.
  — Wayne K. Roustan, Sun-Sentinel.com, 7 July 2018
• That long stick up your nose feels like it’s touching your brain.
  — Willie Brown, SFChronicle.com, 4 July 2020
• The rapper appears halfway through the skit to stick up for her friend.
  — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 20 May 2018
• In fact, he's seen a peanut, a cherry pit, and gum stuck up patients' noses.
  — Sarah Jacoby, SELF, 2 Apr. 2018
• He was fired, but for sticking up for his men and women.
  — Benedict D. Capaldi, National Review, 7 Apr. 2020
• The performer is no stranger to sticking up for herself.
  — Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 21 June 2024
• The one who taught Onwuachi how to stick up for himself against bullies.
  — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2022
• The drivers said Schmutzer would stick up for them, and protest how they were being treated.
  — Matt McFarland, CNN, 22 Sep. 2021
• That old metal box sticking up out of the ground in their backyard had bothered the Emanuels for years.
  — Doug Criss, CNN, 18 May 2018
• And my camisole is inside-out, and my label is sticking up.
  — Hilary Hughes, Billboard, 21 June 2018
• Tom Schwartz is sticking up for his friend Tom Sandoval.
  — Lanford Beard, Peoplemag, 4 Dec. 2023
• Morgan Wallen's mom, Lesli, is sticking up for her son.
  — Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 28 May 2024
• Coombs took the high road: Coombs will stick up for his players, however.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 20 Jan. 2020
• Is Leach just sticking up for his quarterback, or is there truth to it?
  — oregonlive, 21 Nov. 2019
• Or follow the steps below: Step One: Turn the durag inside out so that the seam in the middle is sticking up on the outside of the durag.
  — Lamar Dawson, GQ, 6 Apr. 2018
• The substrate is patterned with a series of square islands that stick up from the surface.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 4 June 2024
• There was a black vest sporting Bugs Bunny’s face, ears sticking up the side, paired with red hot pants.
  — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2017
• People would approach him at Nats games to thank him for sticking up for them in the media and in the halls of power.
  — Irwin Stelzer, WSJ, 21 June 2018
• While the majority of bank robbers are men, the FBI saw the number of women sticking up tellers increase over time.
  — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 30 July 2024
• Taylor Wilson: So Janine, why are these astronauts stuck up in space?
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024