Examples of stickup in a Sentence
Noun
He pulled out a gun and shouted, “This is a stickup!”.
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
Cadillac Richie was more of a kind of independent, stickup kid.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2024
Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
From afar, Lisa and Whitney’s husbands watched the women fight, debating inserting themselves to stick up for their wives.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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Noun
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
Cadillac Richie was more of a kind of independent, stickup kid.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2024
Verb
After sticking up for his special needs sister and punching a bully, a middle schooler must defend his actions in this new musical by Ben Decter and Kristin Hanggi.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
From afar, Lisa and Whitney’s husbands watched the women fight, debating inserting themselves to stick up for their wives.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Stickup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stickup. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.
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