How to Use up against a/the wall in a Sentence
up against a/the wall
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The occupants of the truck were dragged out, kicked and forced up against a wall.
—Christopher Sherman, ajc, 8 June 2023
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And Coleman feels up against a wall with Gov. Kay Ivey.
—al, 11 Feb. 2023
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My back’s up against the wall, so my legs don’t get taken out.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 26 June 2024
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Bishop and the seven others were lined up against a wall in the fort and gunned down.
—Rennie Svirnovskiy, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2023
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Your butt should be up against the wall so that your body is at a 90-degree angle.
—Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 31 Mar. 2023
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They’re meant to be set up against a wall, so only one side of the tree is full enough to be on display.
—Genevieve Cepeda, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
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Rafe ends up pushing Ward up against a wall and threatens him to leave town... or else.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 28 Feb. 2023
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In another shot, Kerr shows four pairs of white shoes lined up against a wall.
—Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 1 Sep. 2023
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In another shot, Kerr showed four pairs of white shoes lined up against a wall.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2024
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At Perry's home, Perry tried to pull the girl's shirt up and pushed her up against a wall, the complaint said.
—Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2021
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There are no tables free, but a young woman directs us to a tiny inch of space right up against the wall.
—Vulture, 26 Oct. 2023
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The video shows the inmate placing his hands on Pizzo's neck after he is pinned up against the wall.
—NBC News, 8 Sep. 2020
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The officer instructs Anderson to get up against the wall, the video shows.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 12 Jan. 2023
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In the footage, five support braces lean up against the wall and one – the closest to the camera – gradually bends.
—Holly Yan, CNN, 5 June 2023
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News reports showed dozens of people lined up against a wall near a taxiway.
—NBC News, 29 Oct. 2021
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In another room, guests lined up against a wall and the room started spinning as three creepy clowns jumped around the walls.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 25 Feb. 2022
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Every kid would line up against the wall and wait to be admitted into a cramped nurse’s office to take the test.
—Hazlitt, 18 Oct. 2023
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Conversely, it should never be placed beside the door or pushed up against a wall.
—Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 28 Apr. 2023
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In one case, a few boys were walking home and throwing sticks when police swarmed them, drew guns and ordered the boys up against a wall.
—Eric Umansky, ProPublica, 23 June 2020
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Jeffrey Wright plays a frustrated academic up against the wall of what Black books must be to sell.
—Leanne Italie, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2024
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Jeffrey Wright plays a frustrated academic up against the wall of what Black books must be to sell.
—Leanne Italie, Quartz, 2 Mar. 2024
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Employers have had their backs up against a wall for months as turnover woes continue to roil the workforce.
—Megan Leonhardt, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2022
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In a different picture, Kerr showed four pairs of white and yellow shoes lined up against a wall, with infant shoes as the last ones.
—Ariana Quihuiz, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2023
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Vallejo then allegedly pushed him up against the wall and pressed his right forearm into his neck.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 9 May 2024
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Her back is up against the wall, and losing or not having a little bit of support in a season is very upsetting.
—EW.com, 12 June 2024
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As viewers watch the pair leave their one-on-one date, Riley pushes Maurissa up against a wall and kisses her.
—Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 25 Aug. 2021
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Reginald Jones, one imagines, never backed anyone up against a wall.
—Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2022
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Steve Hunt: And there was a door leading into the house that had a pane of glass broken out and there was a maul, which is like a heavier ax, on the ground leaning up against the wall right next to that.
—Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2023
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Several coaches pinned the fan up against a wall, subduing him.
—Richard J. Marcus, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2024
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Going back to the moment of the fan throwing the first ball on the field, a security guard was sitting right next him up against the wall, though nothing came of that toss onto the field.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 7 Oct. 2024
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