How to Use pickup in a Sentence

pickup

1 of 3 noun

• The fee pays for garbage pickup.
• The truck is scheduled to make a pickup today.
• The school bus was late for its afternoon pickup.
• The pickup truck came to a rest in a ditch, the sheriff said.
  — Will McDuffie, ABC News, 12 May 2023
• The video showed the men and others sandwiched in the back of a pickup truck.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Sep. 2023
• As the group peered through a chain-link fence, a pickup truck sped up the road and blocked the group in.
  — David Gelles, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2023
• Some of that is the switch from sedans to crossovers, SUVs, and pickup trucks.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 23 Jan. 2024
• In one Hamas video, Itay is shown, hands bound, in the back of a pickup truck, alive.
  — Jeffrey Gettleman Tamir Kalifa, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2023
• The pickup’s front end was partly in a turn lane next to the lane the tow truck was driving in.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 14 Feb. 2024
• Molitor was in a pickup with Fox and had recorded a brief video of the house.
  — Ed White The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2023
• The boy said the intruder fled the scene in a pickup truck after the attack.
  — Landon Mion, Fox News, 30 Dec. 2023
• The video shows several groups cut through the fence and wave a pickup truck through.
  — Matt Gutman, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2023
• On third and five, Uiagalelei runs up the middle on a QB draw for a pickup of 13 yards and a first down to the 36.
  — Nick Daschel | [e-mail], oregonlive, 3 Sep. 2023
• The driver lost control of the sedan and spun into the path of large Dodge pickup in the eastbound lane.
  — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 June 2023
• And on some large pickups, the hoods are almost at eye level for many adults.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 14 Nov. 2023
• Police said the pair left the area in a dark blue Chevrolet pickup truck with a ladder rack.
  — Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 27 Jan. 2024
• Fain grabbed a microphone and jumped onto the bed of a Ram pickup.
  — Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2023
• Later that night, his family saw video of him tied up in the back of a pickup truck.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2024
• Police say they were found in a red pickup that was trapped in 25 feet of water.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 28 Mar. 2024
• The lights from an oncoming pickup truck hit him dead in the eyes, blinding him.
  — Adiel Kaplan, NBC News, 11 May 2023
• Since the shooting, the man's pickup truck has been towed from the store's parking lot, per the New York Post, and has been searched along with Jones' home.
  — Christina Coulter, Fox News, 23 Nov. 2023
• As bystanders rushed to pull the driver from the wreckage, the pickup caught fire, the officer said.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2024
• Both pickups are built at Wentzville Assembly which was idled during the strike for the full 46 days.
  — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 3 Jan. 2024
• Clark was in the Ram pickup with his girlfriend, according to Smith.
  — Marilyn Heck, ABC News, 21 Nov. 2023
• Sephora has in-store pickup at some of its 500+ U.S. stores, making this gift a great last-minute buy.
  — Bellamy Richardson, wsj.com, 8 Nov. 2023
• Buck Aldridge, pulls over a pickup truck that can be seen driving down the interstate.
  — Alexandra E. Petri, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
• At the same time a pickup headed east broadsided the car, police said.
  — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2023
• The streamer’s pickup comes just a week after the series premiered.
  — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 May 2023
• The event featured live music, food trucks, and a lineup of antique Ford pickup trucks.
  — Michael Dobuski, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2023
• Divers found the men on Wednesday morning in a red pickup truck that was submerged in water about 25 feet deep.
  — Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2024

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pickup

2 of 3 adjective

• What's the pickup scene like in this city?
• He plays with pickup bands at nightclubs.
• The man and his son chased after the thieves in a pickup truck, police said.
  — Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 4 Sep. 2023
• The front seats of a pickup truck are the safest place on the vehicle to be in the event of a collision.
  — Elizabeth Napolitano, CBS News, 28 June 2023
• Sporty types tend to take to the field, court, or pool to get a pickup game or several laps in.
  — Mark Stock and Ebenezer Samuel, Men's Health, 2 Dec. 2022
• The pickup truck theft took place on July 14 in Dorchester.
  — Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 31 July 2023
• None of the SUVs and pickup trucks built at the three plants are top sellers for the three automakers.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 15 Sep. 2023
• The suspects left the store in a pickup truck which was reportedly stolen.
  — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Jan. 2024
• While most need to be shipped, some have pickup options to get your dad's gift safely to him even quicker.
  — Brittany Vincent, SELF, 14 June 2022
• The tornado tossed two pickup trucks into a pond and knocked over a fish truck, spilling fish across the road, the weather service said.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 7 Feb. 2022
• In video footage of the encounter, Mr. Arbery could be seen running as his pursuers chased him in two pickup trucks.
  — New York Times, 31 Jan. 2022
• The two played together for the first time in pickup games that left an impression on Lillard.
  — oregonlive, 23 Oct. 2022
• One of his neighbors told him that while driving down Route 1, a person flagged him down to tell him that a cat had jumped out of his pickup bed.
  — Esteban Parra, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2022
• The driver of a pickup truck was heading east on Seventh and struck the pedestrian at Maynard.
  — Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 8 Jan. 2024
• Civilians in Gaza crammed possessions into cars, taxis and pickup trucks in a mass rush toward the south.
  — Helen Regan, CNN, 13 Oct. 2023
• On the day of the removal, there were pickup trucks to help people relocate, and the city was willing to hold belongings for up to 30 days, Vasquez said.
  — Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 25 June 2023
• Bailey Zimmerman was busy with a union job and tricking out pickup trucks in his spare time just three years ago.
  — Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2023
• The Meadows Turkey Bowl is back, a pickup football game that has grown to raise a lot of money for charity.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 10 Nov. 2022
• The group, almost all men, ride in cars and in the back of pickup trucks to a forest about an hour away to retrieve the tree already selected for the ritual.
  — Leila Miller, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023
• There were just a lot more pickup trucks and screen doors in her lyrics back then, and a little more Natalie Maines in her delivery.
  — Al Shipley, SPIN, 13 Dec. 2022
• Preston turned heads during pickup games in September only to injure a foot on the eve of camp.
  — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2022
• Bowman then fired two more shots outside the school before driving away in a pickup truck, police said.
  — Adrian Sainz, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2023
• Texas is one of Senate Democrats’ few pickup opportunities next year, and a tough one at that.
  — Ben Kamisar, NBC News, 5 May 2023
• Barbara Toth's husband Jim almost died when a teen driver in a pickup truck sent him flying off his bike a few years back.
  — USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2024
• The pickup truck veered off the roadway and overturned, leaving Olson trapped inside, police said.
  — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2023
• This year, the drive was a hybrid, with a few pickup locations around the area, plus some direct deliveries.
  — Sophie Carson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2022
• Delivery can be arranged and there is a pickup location near Chase Field in Phoenix.
  — Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic, 6 Dec. 2021
• Alderete allegedly cut the Jackie Robinson statue off at the ankles and put it on a pickup truck, police said.
  — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2024
• Armed men on pickup trucks can be seen in the background, seemingly keeping a safety perimeter around him.
  — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 22 Aug. 2023
• Other former residents traveled in on foot, some on bicycles, some on pickup trucks and some on the back of donkeys.
  — Zeena Saifi, CNN, 8 Apr. 2024

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pick up

3 of 3 verb

• Please pick up your cell phone and give them a call to check-in.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 5 Feb. 2024
• Miller arrived at the scene to pick up Miles, per Miller’s lawyer.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 15 Mar. 2023
• There was even a Nike shoe bar where guests could pick up a pair of Nike shoes for the day.
  — Adam England, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2023
• Riding the hot hand Butler picked up his fourth foul with 10:48 to go and went to the bench.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2023
• But by her side through it all—and ready to pick up the baton—was Shar Dubey.
  — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 2 Jan. 2023
• And there’s a few things Olympia has picked up on without her mom’s help.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 17 June 2024
• This year, indie efforts have helped to pick up the slack.
  — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
• One more way to do your due diligence that might seem a bit old school: pick up the phone.
  — Bianca Lambert, Essence, 11 Jan. 2023
• Dominique Hutchison, 32, swung by the shed to pick up items for her niece and nephew.
  — La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 18 June 2024
• Gas prices picked up 1% from May but are down nearly 27% from a year ago.
  — Alicia Wallace, CNN, 12 July 2023
• Over 7,000 Amazon shoppers picked up this Lego set in the past month.
  — Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023
• About an hour later, Ephron returned to the scene and picked up two casings off the street.
  — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2023
• Aiken then seemed poised to pick up the plurality on the fourth vote.
  — Caroline Linton, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2023
• If the slope is less than 25 degrees, there might be little slips, but the snow won't pick up speed.
  — CBS News, 11 Jan. 2024
• Perhaps the new movie will pick up on that hanging plot thread.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 12 Jan. 2023
• Ibrahim jumps off the donkey cart, picks up a stick, and ties a white undershirt to it.
  — Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
• Hey, swing state voters, pick up the damn phone already!
  — Benjamin Svetkey, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2024
• The story picks up a year or so later, with the Slough House staff still moldering.
  — Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2023
• Palace Film picked up the film for Australia and New Zealand.
  — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 1 Mar. 2024
• What’s more, if the den roof is too thick, the technology can’t pick up the heat inside.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Jan. 2023
• Though in-stock rugs can be picked up for free curbside at your local store.
  — Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2023
• Ross signed with the Giants in March 2021 when the Bengals declined to pick up his fifth-year option.
  — Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 26 July 2023
• But the judge also gave the Rosenbergs what amounted to a reprieve — time to drive south, pick up the boy and bring him back home.
  — Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 6 June 2024
• The great wealth transfer is picking up steam among the wealthiest.
  — Juliet Chung, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2023
• Or will the Cowboys, who are favored in this matchup, pick up a road win on wild-card weekend?
  — Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2023
• Leaves mixed with trash, limbs or other debris will not be picked up.
  — The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 4 Nov. 2024
• Customers can pre-order the packs now for pick up from 3–5 p.m. on Sunday.
  — Maddie Browning, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Feb. 2023
• The show premiered on Netflix in April 2021 and was picked up for a second season.
  — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2024
• The show premiered on Fox and ran for six seasons before it was canceled and then picked up by ABC.
  — Brian Grubb, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
• So if the Trump administration cut off the funding for heat pumps that the IRA provides, states could pick up the slack.
  — Matt Simon / Grist, Quartz, 12 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 1 Dec 2024