Examples of dustup in a Sentence
He had a dustup with a guy in the bar.
he came home with a black eye from the dustup at the bar
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Since Inauguration Day, as President Trump has sought to break the federal government, Christian leaders—tangling with Trump and, particularly, with his Vice-President, J. D. Vance—have wound up in a public dustup over the nature of charity.
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Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2025
This is a worthy topic due to the prevailing media handwringing that due to post-election disagreements, there will be salty dustups at the Thanksgiving table.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
The ensuing dustup in the goal crease left the Ducks with a brief two-man advantage.
—Andrew Knoll, Orange County Register, 4 Feb. 2025
In a hypothetical military dustup between the two members of NATO, Denmark could invoke the alliance’s sacred mutual-defense clause against the U.S. Article 5 states that an attack on one is an attack on all.
—Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Jan. 2025
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Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2025
This is a worthy topic due to the prevailing media handwringing that due to post-election disagreements, there will be salty dustups at the Thanksgiving table.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
The ensuing dustup in the goal crease left the Ducks with a brief two-man advantage.
—Andrew Knoll, Orange County Register, 4 Feb. 2025
In a hypothetical military dustup between the two members of NATO, Denmark could invoke the alliance’s sacred mutual-defense clause against the U.S. Article 5 states that an attack on one is an attack on all.
—Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Dustup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dustup. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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