How to Use post up in a Sentence

post up

verb

• And the Cavs kept posting up the 6-foot-10 Love near the rim.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland.com, 4 May 2018
• Toebbe posted up and missed a short turnaround in the lane.
  — James Weber, Cincinnati.com, 20 Jan. 2018
• Spread out a blanket on one of the lawns, or post up against a railing in one of the piers.
  — Andrea Whittle, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 July 2019
• Give it a go, or post up at one of dozens of retro arcade games.
  — Steve Heisler, Chicago Reader, 4 May 2018
• After all, this is a great, cozy spot to post up and catch up on work.
  — Melissa Kravitz, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 June 2018
• He's got to learn how to post up low and wide at the college level.
  — Richard Davenport, Arkansas Online, 8 June 2021
• The next morning, I was posted up on a logging road for the first drive of the day.
  — John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 6 June 2024
• There was a posting up at the theater for tickets to the awards show.
  — Andrew Rannells, New York Times, 5 June 2018
• That’s why head coach Steve Kerr has asked Thompson to post up more on the low block.
  — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Feb. 2022
• The move here is to post up at one of the area’s charming boutique hotels.
  — Juliet Izon, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Oct. 2022
• There will be places to post up with a laptop or catch up with a friend by the fireplace.
  — Leigh Nordstrom, WWD, 25 June 2024
• The Cavs' Kevin Love shoots threes, posts up, rebounds, takes charges in the paint and defends guards on the high pick-and-roll.
  — Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, 23 Jan. 2018
• There have been times when the player posting up has failed to hold off his man well enough.
  — Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Dec. 2019
• In those pictures, Simmons and her loves are posted up next to a camel in the desert, all smiles.
  — Essence, 25 June 2024
• He's posted up at a bar with beers in front of him — ignore the human fists.
  — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 2 Sep. 2023
• These gifts are for your friend who loves nothing more than to post up on the couch with a cozy blanket.
  — Meaghan Kenny, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Dec. 2022
• The guard can scoot to the basketball off the dribble, shoot from the outside and even post up when her team needs her to.
  — Detroit Free Press, 12 Apr. 2018
• That’s a 4-foot long stick, 2.5 inches longer than normal and tall enough to post up Spud Webb.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 11 Nov. 2020
• Jeff Green had got the post up, was able to drive middle and hit Kev on the right wing for another 3.
  — Joe Vardon, cleveland.com, 29 Apr. 2018
• Although the chairs in the sand are reserved for hotel guests, anyone can post up at the bar.
  — Shannon Sims, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2020
• After posting up with the ball, Puryear threw it back to the top of the key for Robertson with about 13 seconds left.
  — Alex Schiffer, kansascity, 10 Feb. 2018
• Have one hunter move quietly forward through the woods for 30 to 40 yards, then post up and stay still, gun at the ready.
  — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 6 Feb. 2023
• Reese picked up his fourth foul trying to post up Sissoko with 8:35 left.
  — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 8 Feb. 2023
• Instead, find the nearest stretch of shore, and prepare to post up for the day with a cooler full of snacks and drinks and a good book.
  — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 6 Dec. 2023
• Less than a year old, regulars already post up at the bar to chat with the bartender.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 16 May 2024
• There’s no seating, but customers can post up at the taqueria counter to eat their tacos.
  — Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 June 2021
• Couples can post up at the two oceanfront pools or steal away to the spa for a couples massage.
  — Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2024
• From a two-man game with me and Dame or me and Khris to also connect more, from posting up Brook.
  — Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 25 Jan. 2024
• He was posted up on the proverbial lower block, if Nikola Jokic was the basket.
  — Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 3 Oct. 2024
• Two weeks later, Google Cloud's internal review of the problem is finished, and the company has a blog post up detailing what happened.
  — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 30 May 2024

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024