How to Use beef up in a Sentence

beef up

phrasal verb

• And beefing up the staff is a long and winding process.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 7 July 2023
• Next on the list was beefing up the Tigers’ receiving corps.
  — Ainslie Lee | [e-mail], al, 22 Aug. 2023
• The good news is that there are plenty of options for those looking to beef up the fall garden.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 4 Oct. 2024
• What all of this reinforces is the need for the Leafs to beef up at centre before the March 7 trade deadline.
  — Jonas Siegel, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
• The Biden-Harris campaign recently beefed up its staff in the state.
  — Lawrence Andrea, Journal Sentinel, 29 Feb. 2024
• The chili starts with ground beef, onions, and plenty of spices before being beefed up with black beans, tomatoes, and frozen corn.
  — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 26 July 2024
• In the face of the White House’s pressure, Nvidia has been beefing up its Washington presence.
  — Karen Weise, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
• Image: Ikea In the meantime, Ikea has been beefing up its smart home in other ways.
  — Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 4 Mar. 2024
• Mozzarella and parmesan cheese: Low-moisture cheeses beef up the cheesiness in the creamy sauce.
  — Amanda Stanfield, Southern Living, 23 Nov. 2024
• Police and fire agencies across the region were beefing up staffing as the storm barrels north.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2023
• Such concern was among the reasons that Kevin Love was moved into the starting lineup, to try to, at least at the outset of games, beef up on the boards.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 16 Nov. 2024
• But the addition of bomber aircraft beefs up U.S. combat strength.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 2 Nov. 2024
• The Haitian government at the time announced a four-phase plan to beef up security.
  — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 11 Jan. 2025
• In recent weeks, Seoul officials have vowed to learn from the Hamas attack and promised to beef up their defenses.
  — Timothy W. Martin, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2023
• The law is intended to beef up the supply of affordable housing.
  — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2025
• It may be beefed up a bit to help with towing and payload capacity.
  — Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 25 Aug. 2023
• Already, as seen in the trailer, the movie’s CGI has been beefed up for natural elements such as ocean waves.
  — Natalie Sitek, Deadline, 10 Aug. 2024
• Castillo has since had the glass replaced on the first store that was broken into, and has beefed up the security and alarms on both shops.
  — Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News, 18 Apr. 2023
• Since then, Combs beefed up his legal team by adding new attorneys and appealed the ruling.
  — Elizabeth Wagmeister and Kara Scannell, CNN, 10 Oct. 2024
• It’s also helped that the unit has been overhauled from a year ago, hoping to beef up pass rush production around Garrett.
  — Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 23 Aug. 2023
• The Steelers pounce here to beef up an already imposing running game.
  — C.j. Doon, Baltimore Sun, 7 Mar. 2024
• These extra hours beef up their earnings but wreak havoc on their schedules.
  — Heller McAlpin, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Mar. 2024
• Gallegos is a smart mind in the secondary and eager playmaker, but will likely need to beef up his frame.
  — Luca Evans, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
• Kirby's comments come as the U.S. beefs up military posture in the region.
  — Michelle Stoddart, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2024
• Years in the making Russia-watchers say Moscow has been beefing up its hybrid war units for years.
  — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 30 June 2024
• Along with beefing up the sound deadening, the available engines and their mounts were tuned to limit noise and vibrations.
  — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 19 Apr. 2023
• Moderna plans to beef up its portfolio with 10 new product approvals over the next three years.
  — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 14 Feb. 2025
• See what steps law enforcement is taking to beef up security at the big game.
  — Alexandra Banner, CNN, 7 Feb. 2025
• And most believed the Packers needed to beef up their leaky run defense or find a running mate for wideout Davante Adams.
  — Rob Reischel, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
• Security at the Lefkow home — including a camera mounted outside the home and guards posted on the block in unmarked cars — had been beefed up after the allegations against Hale emerged in January 2003.
  — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 21 Mar 2025