How to Use pull-up in a Sentence

pull-up

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• Start with the basics: squats, pull-ups, push-ups, and rows.
  — Ashley Mateo, Health, 6 May 2024
• Chucky Hepburn scores the game's first points on a pull-up jumper at the 18:18 mark.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Mar. 2023
• Also had the pull-up to give Whitnall the lead in the final minute.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2023
• Through Game 5, Tatum was 6 for 21 on pull-up threes in this series.
  — Julian Benbow, BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2023
• Tatum missed a pull-up 3-pointer and a stepback jumper in the final minute.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Mar. 2023
• On one early pull-up jumper, Forbes leaned to the floor and put her hand to her ankle in a too-small taunt.
  — Luca Evans, Orange County Register, 11 Mar. 2024
• An overhand grip, in which your palms are facing away from you, is a pull-up.
  — Jacqueline Andriakos, Health, 13 Mar. 2024
• His pull-up jumper gave Covenant a 46-39 lead with under two minutes left.
  — Ben Thomas | [e-mail], al, 2 Mar. 2023
• Give push-ups, chest presses, pull-ups, lat pulldowns, bent-over rows, and face pulls a shot.
  — Ashley Mateo, Women's Health, 8 Apr. 2023
• The Lions’ first points came with 2:50 left in the first quarter on a pull-up jumper by Easton Jaeger.
  — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Mar. 2024
• Push-ups, pull-ups and getting a massage (couldn't lay on my stomach).
  — Katherine Itoh, NBC News, 25 Mar. 2024
• Early in the highlight package, Williamson hit a pull-up jump shot in Wilson’s face.
  — Dallas News, 27 Feb. 2023
• The pull-up has become the ultimate fitness flex for women in midlife.
  — Jen Murphy, WSJ, 5 Aug. 2023
• There were smooth pull-up jumpers, driving layups, floaters, pull-up threes in transition and assists out of pick-and-rolls.
  — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2024
• Atkins broke out the full repertoire of runners, pull-ups, isolation instances and her catch-and-shoot game.
  — Kareem Copeland, Washington Post, 15 June 2024
• Think sit-ups, pull-ups, push-ups, crunches or squats, as examples.
  — Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 27 May 2023
• Young stopped for a pull-up and Hield's momentum kept going, but Hield leaped and threw his right arm up to block Young's attempt at a jumper.
  — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Jan. 2024
• With the pieces he’s designed, Nuriev has assembled a home gym of sorts, complete with jean hand weights, a weight bench, a pull-up bar, and a yoga mat.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 4 Mar. 2023
• In the clip, a shirtless Beckham did a set of pull-ups while wearing minimal clothing.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2024
• But Ivey's pull-up 3, a potential game-winner at the buzzer, popped out of the rim, and Duren was unable to grab the rebound or tip it back for a shot at overtime.
  — Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press, 13 Jan. 2024
• Hit with a basketball while doing pull-ups, 15-year-old Yan Shuo (Xilun Sun) injures his leg.
  — Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 22 Jan. 2024
• Renner could be seen using the pulley to hop from side to side in a deep squat, before switching to doing a few sets of pull-ups with the pulley.
  — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 8 May 2023
• Tryouts involve 100-yard sprints, an arm-killing number of pull-ups and rounds of interviews.
  — Karin Brulliard, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2023
• In the video, Alex can be seen cycling through things like side arm raises, TRX pull-ups, weighted squats, hip thrusts on an exercise ball and more.
  — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 20 June 2023
• Catch-and-shoots from the corner, one-handed push shots, 1-on-1 combinations against light defense from the top of the key, one-dribble pull-ups and stepbacks.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2024
• On Denver’s next possession, Murray missed a pull-up jumper.
  — Ryan McFadden, The Denver Post, 4 May 2024
• Hundreds of people flocked to test their fitness at pull-up stations, relay races and deadlifts.
  — The Courier-Journal, 23 Apr. 2023
• But Jamison buried a three from the wing on Milwaukee’s next possession, made a pair of free throws the next time down and not long after gave the Panthers the lead back at 70-69 with a pull-up jumper.
  — Journal Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2024
• In the championship game, Ivey scored his lone bucket early with a pull-up 3-pointer to give Team Pau an 9-7 advantage.
  — Detroit Free Press, 18 Feb. 2023
• Larsson started strong, opening the scoring for the Heat on a pull-up above-the-break three before intercepting a lob pass on the defensive end on the next possession.
  — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 7 July 2024

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pull up

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• The trio that was pulled up on stage was up to the task, to huge cheers.
  — Kayla Samoy, Chicago Tribune, 22 July 2023
• Faiyaz pulls up in a car to check out the sales before telling the kid to up the price.
  — Heran Mamo, Billboard, 26 Oct. 2023
• At one point, a sedan with New York plates pulled up to the farm.
  — Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2024
• The other car pulled up next to me, about to turn left.
  — Thomas Lake, CNN, 10 June 2024
• When the light turned green, Clancy pulled up next to Lenway.
  — Betsy Shuller, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2023
• The Red Devils pulled up to a park near El Camino by 8.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Dec. 2023
• In many cases, the ships got spooked, pulling up their gear and fleeing the scene.
  — Ian Urbina, TIME, 26 Oct. 2023
• When Tran rang it, Daisy and Kelsey pulled up in a surrey.
  — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2024
• Stools pull up to the counter to form a compact seating area.
  — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Aug. 2022
• The cast of Euphoria sure knows how to pull up in style.
  — Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 28 Mar. 2022
• The paralegal pulled up the video on an 87-inch TV screen.
  — Joshua Lott, Washington Post, 8 July 2024
• The 39-year-old pulled up to a cluster of brown paper bags.
  — Sarah Nassauer, WSJ, 28 Dec. 2023
• As soon as her mom pulls up at the studio, Lily jumps out.
  — Allegra Goodman, The New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2024
• The device then pulls up the photo from the Photos app.
  — Emily Dreibelbis, PCMAG, 10 June 2024
• McCarthy had to pull up sharply to avoid the dam by only 30 feet.
  — Phil Davison, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2022
• An officer pulled up to the site 12 hours after the call; by then, the log states, the truck had gone.
  — Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2024
• The car pulled up to the back of a drab white house where Ms. Dillon lived, and where her boyfriend was waiting.
  — Photographs Todd Heisler, New York Times, 19 May 2024
• All his homies would pull up and just ride around the neighborhood.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2022
• The old flooring wasn’t pulled up; new flooring was placed on top.
  — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 17 Mar. 2023
• Around 1,900 feet of rail will be pulled up on both sets of tracks, DeWine’s office said.
  — Nicki Brown, CNN, 3 Mar. 2023
• Teams of two camels would pull up the pails of water in a mill system.
  — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Mar. 2023
• Meanwhile, the collar can pull up and keep your dog's neck warm.
  — Jessica Hartshorn, Good Housekeeping, 5 Dec. 2022
• Other tips: Put fresh mulch in your beds, trim your trees and pull up dead plants.
  — Ryan Conner, Dallas News, 3 Feb. 2023
• At the same moment, an SUV pulled up, and the driver rolled down her window.
  — Mykal McEldowney, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Mar. 2024
• Attach it to the object in question and the next time it's misplaced, pull up the Tile app.
  — Jade Chung-Lee, PCMAG, 9 Dec. 2022
• Two bystanders run to the suspect and lie on him as two other deputies pull up to the scene.
  — Kevin Rectorstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2023
• In the video, a white sedan and a dark gray sedan pull up to the driveway where what appears to be a light gray sedan is parked.
  — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2022
• The premise was simple: Wear a headset, pull up the software, and speak.
  — Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2024
• After the car pulls up in front of her, the door slides open to reveal a luxurious all-red interior, a nice touch to match her stage name.
  — Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 8 Oct. 2024
• The second team, Hold the Light Still, soon pulls up and drops dead coyotes and raccoons on the ground with their bare hands, picking up one and then another to decide which to enter.
  — Britta Lokting, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Nov 2024