How to Use think up in a Sentence

think up

phrasal verb

• In addition to their meats, the fast food chain has been thinking up all kinds of ways to reimagine their menu.
  — Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 17 Apr. 2023
• On his first few movies, Mr. Corman produced, thought up the story, drove the equipment truck and filled in as a stunt driver.
  — Aljean Harmetz, New York Times, 12 May 2024
• The Black Manhattan does not follow this rule, because when Todd Smith thought up the cocktail in 2005, the rule hadn’t been invented yet.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 9 Mar. 2024
• This time, Henry thought up the names all by himself, and contributed a decent amount to the feeding and cleaning detail.
  — Anne Fadiman, Harper's Magazine, 10 Feb. 2023
• Samsung isn’t the first company to have thought up a zoom feature like this, following the Honor 90’s Solo Cut Mode.
  — Jon Porter, The Verge, 27 Oct. 2023
• Olympia, who works as a lead photographer for a studio in Austin, Texas, is the creative genius behind the process, thinking up and producing the family's card each year.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 29 Dec. 2023
• That applies not just to workers like Mr. Lee who face the grueling job of keeping plants running, but also critical researchers who think up new ways to make chips ever faster.
  — Paul Mozur, New York Times, 11 May 2023
• He was preoccupied with thinking up gags that tweak our sense of logic and perspective and reality.
  — Michael Cavna, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2023
• The Verge Yeah, Apple couldn’t think up another marketing term for its iPhone wireless charging solution.
  — Umar Shakir, The Verge, 12 Sep. 2023
• This beautiful treatment was thought up by resident wellness mentor Ibu Fera, who rocked her baby to sleep with similar stories and songs.
  — Yasemen Kaner-White, theweek, 12 Apr. 2024
• As leader of the school’s social justice club, Mahmood also thinks up projects for students to engage their civic muscles monthly, such as conducting a drive for hygiene items for the refugee population in the Chicagoland area.
  — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2024
• Listen actively, Thomas instructs, and don’t get distracted by thinking up your response.
  — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 22 June 2023
• The concept was thought up in 1958 by a British psychologist named John Bowlby who was interested in how a child’s relationship with their mother shapes their subsequent approach to the world.
  — Vicky Spratt, refinery29.com, 17 Oct. 2023
• Few cinematic traditions are more enduring than thinking up new and inventive ways to beat up Nazis.
  — Michael Nordine, Variety, 10 Aug. 2023
• Some companies are thinking up new ways to keep regular meetings engaging.
  — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2023
• There Kare analyzes tech patents and ideas and also thinks up some wild concepts of his own, often in brainstorming sessions held with a shifting cast of smart people, including science-fiction writers.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 31 Jan. 2011
• Any interdisciplinary proposal that can be thought up is welcomed and will be seriously considered.
  — Andrew Deangelo, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Nov 2024