How to Use turn up in a Sentence

turn up

verb

• The bank had grown to 4 feet deep, so the earth mover had turned up 4 feet of soil and roots.
  — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024
• Its head and tail turned up in a second bag the next day.
  — Kate Brady, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2023
• So clear some space, turn up the volume, and get ready to groove.
  — Amy Eisinger, M.a., SELF, 30 Sep. 2022
• When the sun goes down, turn up the scare factor on your front porch.
  — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Aug. 2022
• Guy Fieri is turning up the heat in the final days of 2023!
  — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 29 Dec. 2023
• Everything is now over-the-top, heated to a crisp, turned up to the max.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2023
• His little jaw has dropped; the corners of his mouth are turned up.
  — Samantha Laine Perfas, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 July 2023
• The experts were able to verify the photo, and a search of the area turned up wolverine tracks in the area.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2023
• The first sign of the family tragedy turned up around 4:30 a.m. Monday.
  — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2024
• Check out our list of the best movies about summer, and get ready to turn up the heat this season!
  — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 20 Mar. 2023
• Bill Belichick’s defense is going to take away the run and turn up the heat on Justin Fields.
  — Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2022
• The restoration project turned up some surprises along the way.
  — Genevieve Redsten, Journal Sentinel, 13 Sep. 2024
• The parties all face the hurdle of coaxing voters to turn up at the ballot box.
  — Chris Buckley, New York Times, 4 Dec. 2023
• The Hawks turned up the pressure with 11 shots in the second, but Barrett Hayton padded Utah’s lead to 3-0.
  — Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2024
• But the body is only the latest of several guests to turn up dead.
  — Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2022
• This is because the fearsome images might not turn up again in their dreams.
  — Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey, Discover Magazine, 10 July 2023
• If the goal is to go deeper into the postseason, Dave Roberts needs to turn up the heat.
  — Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2024
• While many fans have tuned out, some have turned up the intensity over the years to keep the team in Oakland.
  — Ty Daubert, The Mercury News, 12 July 2024
• Martinez said pretext stops can turn up guns and drugs and help keep the public safe.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Oct. 2022
• Rangers have from the Grand Canyon, marking the third person to turn up dead at the national park in just a week’s time.
  — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2024
• Don’t be surprised if his name turns up on the injury report this week.
  — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2023
• If Speed doesn't play the quarterback, Lawrence could turn up field and convert.
  — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Oct. 2022
• Those who did turned up for both in themed attire, wearing pink, black or both.
  — Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 15 Dec. 2023
• Gray never turned up, but Jane didn’t mind being on her own.
  — Caleb Crain, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2024
• To turn up the heat, add some kelp hot sauce from Alaska's Barnacle Foods.
  — Casey Barber, CNN, 21 July 2022
• This behavior explains how so many trap-jaw heads turn up in their nests in the wild.
  — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2022
• Humphrey turned up field, slipped a tackle attempt from Jamel Dean and rumbled for 17 yards and a first down.
  — Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2024
• Every single aspect of the British SUV’s design has been turned up to 11 … and then some.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2024
• At night, the boy turns up in Eli’s bedroom, and the older man follows him back to the apartment of his exhausted guardian, Denise (Rosie Perez).
  — Judy Berman, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024
• That pressure could get turned up to eleven if United concedes an early goal in its next game against Brentford.
  — Steve Price, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024