end up
phrasal verb
ended up; ending up; ends up
: to reach or come to a place, condition, or situation that was not planned or expected
The book ended up in the trash.
He didn't want to end up like his father.
She ended up a rich woman.
He ended up (living) in a nursing home.
The movie we wanted to see was sold out so we ended up seeing a different one.
Examples of end up in a Sentence
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Macauley ended up pleading guilty in that case and was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
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David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 9 May 2024
Last month, both the Hubble Space Telescope and the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (known as TESS) ended up in a sort of hibernation.
—Briley Lewis, Popular Science, 9 May 2024
The hedge fund ended up with almost 98% of the common stock underlying the preferred shares and warrants issued in the February offering, with the remaining 2.2% divided among 28 other investors, according to the lawsuit.
—Miles Weiss, Fortune, 9 May 2024
UnitedHealth ended up paying a ransom of $22 million in cryptocurrency, its CEO told a Congressional committee earlier this month.
—Sarah Volpenhein, Journal Sentinel, 9 May 2024
Pieces like the ones popularized by Bottega Veneta have circulated the internet and ended up in our jewelry boxes.
—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 9 May 2024
The question of whether the measure equates to ban of TikTok could end up being a key pivot point for the case, Amanda Shanor, a professor of First Amendment law at the University of Pennsylvania, told ABC News.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 9 May 2024
On this there is agreement: Two-thirds of voters (67%) express concern that the demonstrations and the police response will end up leading to violent confrontations.
—Susan Page, USA TODAY, 8 May 2024
Some of it escaped to space, and some of it ended up frozen in ice.
—Regina G. Barber, NPR, 8 May 2024
David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 9 May 2024
Last month, both the Hubble Space Telescope and the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (known as TESS) ended up in a sort of hibernation.
—Briley Lewis, Popular Science, 9 May 2024
The hedge fund ended up with almost 98% of the common stock underlying the preferred shares and warrants issued in the February offering, with the remaining 2.2% divided among 28 other investors, according to the lawsuit.
—Miles Weiss, Fortune, 9 May 2024
UnitedHealth ended up paying a ransom of $22 million in cryptocurrency, its CEO told a Congressional committee earlier this month.
—Sarah Volpenhein, Journal Sentinel, 9 May 2024
Pieces like the ones popularized by Bottega Veneta have circulated the internet and ended up in our jewelry boxes.
—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 9 May 2024
The question of whether the measure equates to ban of TikTok could end up being a key pivot point for the case, Amanda Shanor, a professor of First Amendment law at the University of Pennsylvania, told ABC News.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 9 May 2024
On this there is agreement: Two-thirds of voters (67%) express concern that the demonstrations and the police response will end up leading to violent confrontations.
—Susan Page, USA TODAY, 8 May 2024
Some of it escaped to space, and some of it ended up frozen in ice.
—Regina G. Barber, NPR, 8 May 2024
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