Examples of stickup in a Sentence
Noun
He pulled out a gun and shouted, “This is a stickup!”.
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Jessica Wang, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2024
Frank Moten was always of the mindset that Cadillac Richie did the robbery, but the real Cadillac Richie is a little bit different than our Cadillac Richie; the real Cadillac Richie was more of a stickup kid.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 10 Oct. 2024
David James, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
The metal casing that the drillers left behind still sticks up out of the snow, even though the borehole beneath it has collapsed.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Cadillac Richie was more of a kind of independent, stickup kid.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2024
Frank Moten was always of the mindset that Cadillac Richie did the robbery, but the real Cadillac Richie is a little bit different than our Cadillac Richie; the real Cadillac Richie was more of a stickup kid.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 10 Oct. 2024
Verb
This means sticking up for the end user and defining the situations that actually pose a risk to them and your organization.
—David James, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
The metal casing that the drillers left behind still sticks up out of the snow, even though the borehole beneath it has collapsed.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
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“Stickup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stickup. Accessed 7 Nov. 2024.
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