How to Use up-and-down in a Sentence

up-and-down

1 of 2 adjective

• It’s been that type of up-and-down season for the Heat.
  — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2024
• Dern has had an up-and-down run with the UFC over the past four years.
  — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
• The issue is their up-and-down play has led to a record under .500.
  — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
• Pain, love, struggles, up-and-down life, the journey of life.
  — Fred Bronson, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
• Saint Mary's and VCU should be an up-and-down gain with a classic 5-12 feel.
  — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2023
• This occurs when the fan’s head moves in a side-to-side or up-and-down direction.
  — Nor'adila Hepburn, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2024
• Choose side-to-side or up-and-down doors to conserve the most kitchen countertop space.
  — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2023
• The up-and-down spirals seem more detailed and pronounced.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 2024
• That’s added up to an up-and-down offense and more free-wheeling than straight lace from Nix.
  — Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2024
• The 6-foot-7 Seattle native has had an up-and-down start to his career at UConn.
  — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2025
• Amid the up-and-down action, Green picked up a technical foul.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2024
• Cody Bradford had an up-and-down rookie season as a starter for the Texas Rangers.
  — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2024
• Still, the recently up-and-down Commanders are in the mix for the playoffs.
  — Christiaan Defranco, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Dec. 2024
• So far so good for Sale Chris Sale came out of his up-and-down session unscathed.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Feb. 2023
• However, Zhou has had an up-and-down two and a half seasons in F1.
  — Sam Joseph, CNN, 20 July 2024
• Since then, Burns has had an up-and-down run with the promotion, going 3-3.
  — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
• In the face of these up-and-down trends, those in the industry remain optimistic about the year ahead.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2023
• Holland’s career has been up-and-down since the highlight-reel win over Souza.
  — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
• That up-and-down series of events was illustrative of how the talks moved.
  — Karen Deyoung, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2023
• Achiuwa missed a lot of time to start the year because of a hamstring strain and he’s had an up-and-down campaign to date.
  — James L. Edwards Iii, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
• It’s been that kind of up-and-down season for Conard (6-5), which has a young team to go along with Fox, who will play at Yale next year.
  — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2024
• Brush first with up-and-down strokes, then go side to side to ensure even coverage.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2023
• It’s been a long, up-and-down basketball season for St. John Bosco.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024
• Or even due to some recent up-and-down outings for the Guardians starting pitcher.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 7 July 2023
• When the dogs excitedly dove up-and-down in the grass, Walz prepped everyone to get ready for a bird.
  — Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 17 Oct. 2024
• It’s been a little more up-and-down for the Jets, who lost their star quarterback Aaron Rodgers just four plays into the first game of the year.
  — Tim Chan, Variety, 15 Oct. 2023
• For the hostages’ families, it’s been an anguishing, up-and-down week.
  — Adam Sella, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2023
• It’s been an up-and-down first six weeks of the season for the defending world champion Texas Rangers.
  — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 May 2024
• He’s had an up-and-down season, and that continued in his first appearance since Jan. 15.
  — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2025
• Between the cameras and the slow-speed, up-and-down Crawl Control feature that works like cruise control off road, anyone can go deep into the wilderness.
  — Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025

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up and down

2 of 2 adverb

• But the rest of the Rams special teams have been up and down.
  — Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2021
• The pods spin around the arms, while the arms rotate and move up and down around the base.
  — Charles Infosino, The Enquirer, 1 Apr. 2022
• Upright Hoovers are heavy and hard to move up and down the stairs.
  — Simon Books, chicagotribune.com, 10 Apr. 2021
• But a Scotch egg, a common treat in pubs up and down the land?
  — Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2020
• The Huskies’ bench play has been up and down all season.
  — Shreyas Laddha, courant.com, 12 Mar. 2022
• Instead, just keep it pressed and swipe up and down to zoom in and out.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 3 Feb. 2022
• Under Reich, the Colts have been up and down in the red zone.
  — Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Sep. 2021
• This season, his first as the full-time starter, was up and down.
  — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 18 Dec. 2020
• The clues of what the pandemic had wrought were up and down our street.
  — Chico Harlan, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2020
• The dog jumped up and down, spun around in circles, and ran 20 feet ahead of them, Haack said.
  — Eduardo Medina, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2022
• The two used the ropes to climb up and down the cliff, ferrying water and grain to the horse.
  — oregonlive, 26 Aug. 2022
• The bullpen was supposed to be one of the team’s strengths but has been up and down all season.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2022
• Connect the meter across the switch contacts and flip the switch up and down.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 29 Mar. 2022
• There were blue lights up and down the road as these shootings took place.
  — Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 29 Mar. 2022
• The Democrats have been up and down — win a game, lose a game — in January.
  — oregonlive, 25 Jan. 2022
• On this night, there were more fans, thanks to Gov. Mike DeWine's variance, and the play was up and down.
  — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 7 Mar. 2021
• The species is found up and down the Pacific Coast and can grow as long as 100 feet.
  — Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Dec. 2021
• Be sure to move side to side as well as up and down as in the last exercise.
  — Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health, 18 Apr. 2022
• As a spectacle this event has gone up and down over the years.
  — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 1 Sep. 2021
• Beaches up and down the coast were packed over the weekend.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2022
• Jump up and down, do a few jumping jacks, twist side to side, run in place.
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 25 Jan. 2022
• The Saints have been up and down so far this season while the Giants don't have a win.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 27 Sep. 2021
• Bounce up and down on the balls of your feet with minimum knee bend.
  — Jen Murphy, WSJ, 29 Jan. 2022
• Flutter your arms and legs up and down while still keeping them off the floor.
  — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 July 2022
• Today, his commute is an hour flight up and down the coast once a week.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2021
• And some patrons and their wheelchairs had to be carried up and down the stairs.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 May 2021
• Instead, buy an all-day pass (around $8) for a seat on the Deuce, a bus that runs up and down the Strip, 24 hours a day.
  — Megan L. Wood, Travel + Leisure, 10 July 2021
• This winter season has been up and down like a clown on a pogo stick.
  — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2023
• While the offense has been up and down, the Sun Devils have been able to rely on their defense.
  — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 2 Feb. 2023
• Models walked up and down a runway in a tent or similar white-box space, and that was that.
  — Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 22 Feb 2025