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
• One of it was a pull-up, somebody went under on a screen.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 16 July 2024
• 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
• This includes push-ups, squats, pull-ups, lunges and overhead presses.
  — Ian McMahan, Washington Post, 7 July 2024
• 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
• Anderson hit a pull-up 3 over Wiggins’ contest at one point, and then Wiggins did the same to the new addition.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 8 Oct. 2024
• 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

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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
• Tap and hold on the app to pull up the option to delete.
  — Brett Molina, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2021
• 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
• Don't forget to turn on all the lights—no one wants to pull up to a dark house.
  — Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Nov. 2024
• 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
• Best practices: Come for dinner and pull up to the bar.
  — Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Nov. 2021
• 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
• The depth chart, to pull up a sports analogy, is quite small.
  — James Powel, USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2024
• McCarthy had to pull up sharply to avoid the dam by only 30 feet.
  — Phil Davison, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2022
• The birds headed down, but some could not pull up fast enough, Broughton added.
  — Megan Marples, CNN, 18 Feb. 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
• Newell tried to pull up the record on his phone without success.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2021
• 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
• One other clip, meanwhile, shows a red medical vehicle pulling up to help the onscreen racer.
  — Bailey Richards, People.com, 24 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Dec 2024