How to Use dustup in a Sentence

dustup

noun

• He had a dustup with a guy in the bar.
• There is no reason to mention Yoko as the prime mover in this dustup.
  — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 25 Mar. 2021
• The group and the school both say that anyone who is seeking a dustup is not welcome.
  — Katy Steinmetz, Time, 5 Sep. 2017
• The dustup occurred after Abreu was hit by a pitch for the 21st time this season.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 29 Sep. 2021
• While Sexton was at the center of Sunday’s dustup, the win over the Raptors wasn’t just about him.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 22 Mar. 2021
• The Modi meeting was planned long before the dustup with Trump.
  — Michael Birnbaum and Rick Noack, Washington Post, 30 May 2017
• Despite the dustup, New Hampshire Democrats came through for Biden.
  — Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2024
• Miller’s dustup with Clifton came after Clifton hammered Roope Hintz along the boards.
  — Dallas News, 25 Oct. 2022
• Crowder said when asked about the dustups with Thompson.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 18 Jan. 2020
• The biggest dustup was over the Black Lives Matter movement.
  — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 17 May 2021
• Like his dustup with the parents of an Army Ranger killed in Iraq, Trump stayed on the attack… and his poll numbers stayed on the decline.
  — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 30 May 2017
• There had been a dustup pregame when Maher was warming up.
  — Josh Dubow, Chron, 22 Jan. 2023
• The dustup came last summer as people took to the streets in cities across American to protest after the death of George Floyd.
  — Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 27 July 2021
• The dustup over Biden's speech reflected the broader conundrum: How to talk about the war in Ukraine?
  — Joel Mathis, The Week, 28 Mar. 2022
• Kitchens didn’t see the dustup -- the offense was working on a different field than the defense.
  — Dan Labbe, cleveland.com, 14 Aug. 2019
• The two episodes this season brought to mind other high-profile dustups.
  — Howard Fendrich, chicagotribune.com, 11 Dec. 2017
• This all comes amid the latest dustup between Cox and Carlson.
  — Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Apr. 2022
• The dustup came after Tatis struck out looking and then argued the call by umpire Phil Cuzzi.
  — Bernie Wilson, ajc, 22 Sep. 2021
• The fact that #pokimane trended at all made the Anys-Vail dustup news, ripe for reactions.
  — Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 31 July 2020
• If the defender is moving his or her feet during the dustup: block, foul on the defense.
  — Sean Gregory, Time, 6 Apr. 2020
• Fans, the Orbits, vowed to boycott the upcoming album in response to the dustup.
  — Vulture, 3 Aug. 2023
• Phoenix time in the same arena where Friday's outcome and postgame dustup is bond to carry over into the third matchup.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2022
• However, that doesn't mean there aren't dustups during a stop in play.
  — Pete Grathoff, kansascity, 17 May 2018
• The best thing to come out of this whole mess has been all the shade thrown by veteran journalist April Ryan, who’s had her own dustup with Omarosa.
  — Stephen A. Crockett Jr., The Root, 14 Dec. 2017
• The dustup over salaries is just the latest in a long line of controversies that have cast a cloud on the town and its reputation.
  — Mark Eddington, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Dec. 2022
• Thomas’ second hit came before Grant had even fielded the punt and sparked a dustup between the two teams that led to the ejection of three players.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 7 Dec. 2020
• Saban played down the dustup but is not one to forget a slight, much less a public undressing.
  — Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Sep. 2022
• Mirigian seemed to have already put her dustup with the feds behind her.
  — Steve Rubenstein, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 May 2018
• Drake’s had several weird dustups with women in recent years.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2024
• Remember the dustup between Comcast and Netflix (described in Jammed)?
  — Susan Crawford, WIRED, 1 Aug. 2016

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024