Examples of stickup in a Sentence
Noun
He pulled out a gun and shouted, “This is a stickup!”.
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Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
That complaint could be leveled at the inciting incident, too, a stickup attempt to snatch Miccelli’s kickbacks that ends with Rory and Cobby on the run.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
The lesson: Never get bullied. McMillan, meanwhile, had his own experience with sticking up for himself.
—Jason Quick, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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Noun
The numbers showed an increase in stickups — if only on paper.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
That complaint could be leveled at the inciting incident, too, a stickup attempt to snatch Miccelli’s kickbacks that ends with Rory and Cobby on the run.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
Verb
Various users have defended the OP—whose post has drawn 1,600 upvotes and more than 650 largely supportive comments—for enforcing their family dinner rule, which many of them stuck up for.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
The lesson: Never get bullied. McMillan, meanwhile, had his own experience with sticking up for himself.
—Jason Quick, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Stickup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stickup. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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