How to Use write up in a Sentence

write up

verb
  • The next day, Levy took that napkin to a lawyer friend and asked him to write up a contract.
    Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 28 Sep. 2021
  • He's spent decades in prison w/out a write up, helping at risk youth.
    Lisa Respers France, CNN, 10 Dec. 2020
  • Nice to see a place written up where the houses don't start in 7 figures.
    Madison Rudolf, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2023
  • This was a soft spot for Hillary and according to the write up, Tanden punched Shakir in the chest following the exchange.
    Brooklyn White, Essence, 1 Dec. 2020
  • Along with sending in your best (or worst) selfie, select from a range of colors and write up to 15 lines of text.
    Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 17 May 2022
  • There’s plenty of video, but start with the write up from blogger Jason Kottke.
    Adam Lashinsky, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2020
  • It’s also known for its super fast speed and can cut and write up to 25.4 inches per second.
    Nor'adila Hepburn, Southern Living, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The other person would write up the issue for the company to review.
    Lauren Smiley, Wired, 8 Mar. 2022
  • So, look out for the unpolished description in the dealer’s write up.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Granted, late night shows will quickly shut down (as they’re written up to the moment of broadcast).
    James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2023
  • Waldon was then believed to have held Yates at gunpoint ordering her to write up two $5,000 checks to him.
    Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 9 Dec. 2020
  • Don't worry, debt collectors won't be able to comment on your posts or write up something for the public to see.
    Michelle Shen, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2021
  • The lawyers will write up huge disclaimers warning everyone that heat can happen, even here.
    Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2022
  • The union noted two other employees were fired and a union leader was written up.
    Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Kerner’s office wrote up a dozen Trump aides for Hatch Act warnings during Trump’s four years in office.
    Brian Bennett, Time, 17 July 2023
  • So Corey submitted a photo of Crash wearing a set of pink bunny ears and wrote up a short recount of his story.
    Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Over the course of that autumn, Rosen worked with Courier’s newsrooms to write up manifestos of sorts detailing what each stood for.
    WIRED, 6 Oct. 2022
  • The executives will write up a profuse thanks to everyone who had a hand in helping the player climb through the system.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2023
  • The band also wrote up an extensive and impressive guest list for its monsters’ ball.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2023
  • But funding only allowed the hotline to run for seven months as the rest of the one-year grant was needed to first develop the hotline and then write up the impact.
    Pallabi Munsi, CNN, 31 May 2022
  • The appeal says this will give both the Trump legal team and the House Committee lawyers time to write up positions on a longer delay as the appeal goes forward.
    CBS News, 12 Nov. 2021
  • Not long after, he was written up for failing to properly stop his ATV before crossing the tracks in 2019.
    Josh Funk, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2023
  • They were inspired by this idea and decided to try writing up a legislative amendment of their own.
    Ellen Dong, oregonlive, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The company has not yet formally written up the data for a journal.
    Lizzy Lawrence, STAT, 31 July 2023
  • In its turn this paper, as well as the write up in The New York Times, has been widely criticized in the genomics and genetics community.
    Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 5 Apr. 2012
  • Rahim said he was written up for not meeting his quota and then put on a performance improvement plan.
    Melissa Chan, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Others claim they were written up because of their union sympathies.
    Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2024
  • In his down time, Benner would go to the sports department, sit at a typewriter and write up goofy stories, fake stories, mostly about his colleagues.
    Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Apr. 2022
  • Sure, it’s written up in Variety, but the average person would just smile and nod politely when presented with the same news.
    Kate Lindsay, Vulture, 1 May 2024
  • If the officer does not witness the second violation, the officer may still write up a report.
    Ayana Archie, The Courier-Journal, 24 Sep. 2021

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