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Examples of pipe up in a Sentence
don't worry, he'll pipe up if he feels he's being overlooked
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That day, Piaf’s secretary had already informed them that the meeting was canceled when the singer piped up in a weary voice from her bedroom and agreed to see them.
—Alex Williams, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
Zen pipes up that his yakuza captors asked him if there were any phrases his mom regularly used.
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2024
Sensing her struggle, the audience lightly chuckled before cohost Joy Behar piped up.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 22 Oct. 2024
Warren’s father did, however, pipe up at one crucial moment in his daughter’s life, when Betsy was in high school.
—Michael Tomasky, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2014
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First Known Use
1853, in the meaning defined above
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“Pipe up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pipe%20up. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.
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