How to Use hole up in a Sentence

hole up

verb

• For each rose, dig a hole up to two feet around and deep.
  — Benjamin Whitacre, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 June 2020
• That house they’re holed up in might start to feel more like a prison.
  — Udonis Haslem, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• That means moms and dads hole up in the room for days, sometimes weeks.
  — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Oct. 2021
• But the flick’s real star is the airport lounge where the swells hole up.
  — Barbara Peterson, WSJ, 15 Oct. 2022
• Maybe that’s why the likes of Justin Bieber and Harry Styles have holed up here.
  — Demarco Williams, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
• Eleanor spends most of her time holed up in her bedroom.
  — Elena Nicolaou, refinery29.com, 20 June 2019
• On the next play, Mostert cruised through a cavernous hole up the middle for a 10-yard score.
  — Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com, 8 Dec. 2019
• Think of Shaun of the Dead’s motley crew holed up in the Winchester pub.
  — Josh Wilbur, Wired, 29 Mar. 2020
• This time Jaylen Jenkins received the kick at the Allen 7 and found a big hole up the middle.
  — Dallas News, 28 Aug. 2021
• Retreat to the lake along with the rest of the Donner Party and hole up in those cabins.
  — Cody Cassidy, Wired, 13 Jan. 2021
• But there are plenty of warm, dry theaters to hole up in.
  — Trevor Fraser, OrlandoSentinel.com, 25 May 2018
• Ewing phoned the apartment where the gunmen and hostages were holed up, and then yelled up the stairs at them.
  — Bob Goldsborough, latimes.com, 28 June 2019
• The captain came to speak with Cox and other guests holed up in the ship’s Liquid Lounge.
  — Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2024
• Minor, burning a hole up the line, had already smacked the base.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2022
• Stretching out the wait By the end of Monday, most of the Bay Area will have been holed up in their homes for two weeks.
  — Jason W. Lloren, SFChronicle.com, 30 Mar. 2020
• They were holed up with strangers in a Matamoros hotel that felt much safer than the tent camps.
  — Maria Sacchetti, Washington Post, 18 July 2023
• Sara and Miriam holed up in a bright pink 1953 Vagabond trailer.
  — Hayley Krischer, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2018
• Now some people will drink too much, drive too fast, or hole up and watch TV.
  — Florence Williams, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 2022
• Some were holed up in a makeshift treehouse and on the roof of a single-story building in the park.
  — Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
• The suspect then holed up in a stairwell with a shotgun, Doty said.
  — CBS News, 4 July 2018
• But on 3rd down, Cardwell sees a huge hole up the middle and he’s gone for the 34-yard touchdown run.
  — oregonlive, 30 Oct. 2021
• Garski played his shot tee shot for the par 5 554-yard ninth hole up its fairway but hit the lip of a bunker.
  — Mark Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 June 2018
• Workers were holed up at the mine over the weekend, afraid to leave because of threats by armed groups.
  — Fox News, 28 May 2018
• At least one suspect was holed up in a local store, sources said.
  — NBC News, 10 Dec. 2019
• Lindsey then holed up in the apartment for almost a full day.
  — NBC News, 15 June 2018
• After 10 days holed up in the Acropole, Mr. Pagoulatos and the others with him were out of food and water.
  — Matina Stevis-Gridneff, New York Times, 16 June 2023
• Pick a weeknight when there's nothing on TV, bring your iPod and hole up in the library.
  — Unigo Unigo, Seventeen, 8 Jan. 2010
• Sycamore bounced back with their run game as Brian Doneghy found a hole up the gut on 3rd and 2 and rambled 54 yards for a score.
  — Scott Springer, Cincinnati.com, 3 Nov. 2017
• The fact that Beckham had her foot holed up in a medical boot last season did not lead her to tracksuit temptation.
  — Alice Newbold, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2024
• Edwards is being an impolite host: he’s holed up in a room, eyes locked in on a screen, gamer headphones covering his ears.
  — Sean Gregory, TIME, 9 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Dec 2024