How to Use come up in a Sentence

come up

verb

• Mikel Arteta’s side has pushed City all the way over the past two seasons but has so far come up short.
  — Matias Grez, CNN, 16 Aug. 2024
• Patients often struggle to come up with gas money to go to doctor’s appointments.
  — Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2023
• Another guy only talked about himself for over an hour and basically never came up for air.
  — Kayla Blanton, SELF, 19 Aug. 2024
• Seriously, hire Curtis Granderson to do all the talking, and to help come up with the big ideas.
  — Austin Knoblauchassistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2023
• But none of the actual sea miners managed to come up with a system that could do the job at a price that made sense, and the fizz went out of the nascent industry.
  — WIRED, 28 Feb. 2023
• The committee asked Curth to come up with some potential code changes and definitions for a campground.
  — Stacy Ryburn, Arkansas Online, 2 Mar. 2023
• In his chat with WCL, Manilow explained that brands give jingle writers the lyrics and ask them to come up with the melody.
  — Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 4 Mar. 2023
• When a job in public health came up, Ehnert—who loves both animals and statistics—decided to apply.
  — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2024
• As a result of their open dialogue, Sarah and Sandeep were able to come up with a plan to distribute his workload more appropriately.
  — Dan Pontefract, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
• Lawyers with the firm also donated to Feldstein Soto’s 2022 campaign, which came up as part of Tyler’s claim for damages.
  — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2024
• Researchers in Australia concerned about the sharp decline of freshwater crocodiles who eat a toxic, invasive toad species have come up with a stomach-churning way for the reptiles to help themselves.
  — Brie Stimson, Fox News, 16 Aug. 2024
• In the fall of 2004, Frank came up with an idea for a project.
  — Hazlitt, 3 Apr. 2024
• But in the eighth inning, Ruth came up to the plate and knocked one out to right field.
  — Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2023
• The next thing that came up was the Fourth of July 1985 concert in D.C.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2023
• Keep in mind you will be searched online to see what comes up.
  — Susan Johnston, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2023
• It’s expected to come up for a vote before the full House in the weeks ahead.
  — Steven Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2023
• Siri Daly has come up with the perfect soundtrack to her life as a mom.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 22 July 2024
• Dear Miss Manners: The wedding of the son of a good friend is coming up in a few weeks.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2024
• Once in the water, Bloom shares a glimpse of him and Perry coming up to the surface.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 13 Aug. 2024
• This new video calls out the name of every musician when their parts come up in the track.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2024
• His game has worked for him so far, so just come up here and do the same thing, don’t try to do something else.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2023
• Uber isn’t the first company to come up with this idea for a car-free trial.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 27 June 2024
• However, Claudia managed to come up with a Plan B and the cousin saved the day.
  — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
• Others came up and shook hands with him while keeping it brief.
  — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2024
• In Game 1, Bobrovsky had to come up with heroics time and again to will Florida to the win.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 11 June 2024
• The joy of House of Villains comes from all the styles of confrontation the contestants come up against.
  — Vulture, 3 Nov. 2023
• The same names seem to come up again and again, names notably different than a decade or so ago.
  — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2023
• So how did the subject of Benicio co-writing first come up on your end?
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Oct. 2023
• A lot of factors have come up, the pandemic being one of them.
  — Spin Staff, SPIN, 30 Nov. 2023
• Vargas came up through the minor leagues as a third baseman.
  — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2024

Last Updated: 11 Sep 2024