How to Use pack up in a Sentence

pack up

phrasal verb

• In fact, when packed up, the pet bowl can fit in the palm of your hand.
  — Rudie Obias, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Oct. 2023
• The Legacy bolts away from the pack up to about 60 mph.
  — Frank Markus, Car and Driver, 31 Aug. 2023
• My boyfriend helped pack up my stuff and drove me to the airport.
  — TIME, 12 Jan. 2024
• The makeshift soccer fields were packed up, but not for long.
  — Jenny Vrentas Isabella Moore, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2023
• A couple of months later, Nicole was back in Texas to pack up the house.
  — Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Sep. 2023
• All the humans packed up, cleaned up, and cleared out, and the playa was empty and silent again.
  — Hazlitt, 1 Nov. 2023
• So the Parkers packed up the fish and took it home to the lake on their property.
  — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 12 Apr. 2024
• In the field, the gear could be set up in a tent, packed up and moved at a moment’s notice.
  — Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
• Groups that had cheered at points during the speech packed up slowly and left.
  — Ellen Francis, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2023
• The pair pack up and head to the sidewalk on the north end of Monument Circle to try again.
  — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Aug. 2023
• David has spent the past few months trying to get the factory packed up and closed.
  — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 9 Mar. 2024
• Film equipment is pulled out of the bedroom as the crew packs up for the next scene, a picnic with Bieber.
  — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2023
• School’s out, so lots of families are packing up the car and hitting the road.
  — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 12 July 2024
• At least once a year, my mom packed up my sister and I to stay at her childhood home in Princes Town.
  — Lesley Enston, Bon Appétit, 3 July 2023
• Most of these are battery-powered and can pack up with a tent for transport.
  — Meg Carney, Field & Stream, 27 Sep. 2023
• This piece packs up small and comes with a carrying bag to stow it into.
  — Gabrielle Porcaro, Travel + Leisure, 10 Dec. 2023
• So, for the second time in a week, her family would pack up and make the risky trek to the border crossing.
  — Vivian Yee, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2023
• Well, the night of the black and white ball, we were packed up in our PJs and matching bathrobes and nightgown and checked into a hotel.
  — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 17 June 2024
• But perhaps the biggest drawback was the fact that the teams had to pack up and move before every game.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
• And come August, Anna will pack up her life and make a two-hour drive to set up her new dorm room in Chapel Hill.
  — Currie Engel, Women's Health, 22 June 2023
• Kozlova, 52, was packing up to head to Israel for the third time since Oct. 7.
  — Shira Pinson, NBC News, 14 June 2024
• The tabletop easel is adjustable with a drawer for storing tools, as well as easy to pack up and store.
  — Enjanae' Taylor, Southern Living, 7 Nov. 2023
• Lay clothes out and pack up homework before bedtime to reduce the stress in the morning.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2024
• The day after our return to America, X would pack up his things and move out.
  — Sophie Yun Mancini, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Mar. 2024
• The three of us plus robot pack up and head back to Šabanović’s R-House Lab at the university.
  — Kat McGowan, WIRED, 4 Jan. 2024
• With just two days left of shows, most of the fashion circus will be packing up and heading out by mid-week.
  — Amy Verner, Vogue, 4 Mar. 2024
• Finally, pack up and head to the nearest mechanic to change your spare for a longer-term tire.
  — Lauren Farrell, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2023
• The setting up and packing up of the shows is a lot of work and expensive to participate in.
  — Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Feb. 2024
• The textile scientists and life partners packed up their home in South Carolina to move to India to launch the brand.
  — Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 8 July 2024
• The group of 43 women, whose ranks included survivors of human trafficking, substance abuse and homelessness, had a few hours to pack up their belongings and find a new place to stay.
  — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Sep 2024