How to Use bring up in a Sentence

bring up

verb
  • I hate to bring this up, but we're running short of money.
  • The girls who were brought up to play with this doll are now plus or minus 30 years old.
    Radina Gigova, CNN, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Martinez runs left for a yard, bringing up third and 5.
    Nick Daschel | Ndaschel@oregonian.com, oregonlive, 3 Sep. 2023
  • This year is likely to bring up the same challenges—and some new ones as well.
    Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Now, a quick search of Temu doesn’t bring up any items described as frisbees.
    Tracy Wen Liu, WIRED, 10 July 2023
  • Her dream is that the program spreads and helps inspire more children to work hard and bring up their grades.
    Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The two got married, and within a few years Mills had left the workforce to bring up their children.
    Stephen Witt, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Searching for Juul now brings up many videos warning of the dangers and how to talk to kids.
    John Daley - Colorado Public Radio, NPR, 9 Apr. 2024
  • He was born in Brooklyn but brought up in Freeport, Long Island.
    Ian Penman, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Other students in the class said the teacher still brings up the exchange.
    Landon Mion, Fox News, 8 Apr. 2023
  • The Cougars were very close last year, but brought up a young crop of JV players that only lost one game in two years.
    Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The actor was brought up in London, but his mom is from Ghana and his dad from Sierra Leone.
    Nell Lewis, CNN, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Born and brought up in Chester, England, Gracey has had a diverse career.
    IEEE Spectrum, 26 July 2023
  • Some believe it may be brought up this offseason for a ban.
    Scott Thompson, Fox News, 3 Oct. 2023
  • There was an inkling the Beavers might dust off the play during the game, as it was brought up during a Friday pre-game team meeting.
    Ndaschel, oregonlive, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The loophole of who can be a host and obtain a permit shouldn’t come as a surprise as it was brought up before the law was passed.
    Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2023
  • Several brought up the omission of Big Spring Cafe in Huntsville.
    Haley Laurence | Hlaurence@al.com, al, 28 July 2023
  • Leaving your left leg extended, bring up your right knee and hold it for five or more breaths.
    Min-Ja Lee, Health, 3 July 2023
  • Kotb then brought up a classic style adage believed to be said by Coco Chanel.
    Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Elliott Smith is a touchpoint that’s been brought up before, and the way this song combines that feel with prog rock is so fun.
    Daniel Kohn, Spin, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The system is also forecast to bring up to 6 inches of rain to the Yosemite Valley and 3 inches of rain near the Tioga Pass.
    Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The Trump team even brings up assets that the Trump Organization no longer owns.
    Dan Alexander, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • His speech was remarkable for its focus on Mr. Trump — whom Mr. Biden brought up, though not by name, more than a dozen times.
    Nicholas Nehamas, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The suit says Williams did not bring up the blackmail during this discussion.
    Sabrina Leboeuf, Baltimore Sun, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Swiping up no longer brings up the control panel but a list of widgets.
    Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 23 Oct. 2023
  • House Democrats last year also passed an assault weapons ban for the first time in decades, but the measure did not have enough support to be brought up in the Senate.
    Marianna Sotomayor and Liz Goodwin, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Mar. 2023
  • He can be brought up to see it as a grievance, or he can be brought up to not really notice it one way or the other.
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2023
  • On Android, swipe down from the top of your screen to bring up your notifications and settings screen.
    Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Epic's legal complaint against Google focuses on many of the same issues brought up in the above statement.
    Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Evan even suggests bringing up Evan Carter to replace Leody Taveras in center.
    Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 6 Sep. 2023

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