How to Use push-up in a Sentence

push-up

noun
  • Get some squats, push-ups, or sit-ups soon after the meal.
    Karina Zaiets, USA Today, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Jill Biden isn't sitting out this tap-back, push-up sprint?
    Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 17 May 2023
  • From the looks of the brave souls returning from these unique workouts, planks and push-ups will never be the same.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 25 July 2023
  • Perform your push-up on an incline, with your hands on a bench, chair, or couch.
    Mallory Creveling, Health, 1 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 punishment for being late was stair climbs or push-ups.
    Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Start in a push-up or high plank position, with the band around the ankles, forming a straight line from shoulders to heel.
    Mallory Creveling, Health, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The heyday of the push-up bra came and went ages before Kim Kardashian launched shapewear label Skims in 2019.
    Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Then, of course, there’s the weight training, the push-ups and crunches at practice’s end, the visits to the physical therapist and the masseuse.
    Maya Singer, Vogue, 9 July 2024
  • The video begins with the rapper doing push-ups on cinder blocks in a room accessed by Tommy the Clown.
    Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 July 2024
  • This includes push-ups, squats, pull-ups, lunges and overhead presses.
    Ian McMahan, Washington Post, 7 July 2024
  • The bird dog starts in the same position as a push-up, only on your knees instead of supporting your weight on the tips of your toes.
    Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Tie closures and push-up bust will lift the breasts and create a secure-feeling fit for easy movement.
    Gabrielle Porcaro, Travel + Leisure, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The players on defense also did five push-ups each for failing to grab a rebound.
    Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Think sit-ups, pull-ups, push-ups, crunches or squats, as examples.
    Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 27 May 2023
  • Kids can also learn to do basic push-ups and planks to strengthen their upper bodies and core muscles in the abs and back.
    Catherine Holecko, Parents, 3 July 2024
  • This swim top has the same push-up effect and increases your bust size by two for a curvier look this pool season.
    Andrea Navarro, Glamour, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Dylan claims he gets hit on by so many guys and girls, but his move at a bar is doing push-ups and then slicking his eyebrows.
    Emma Soren, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2024
  • One recent day, at a base in a pine forest, new Azov recruits marched, stood at attention and dropped for push-ups.
    Andrew E. Kramer Mauricio Lima, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2023
  • An upbeat drill sergeant in glitter nail polish, Monroy put Marie through a routine of squats, planks and push-ups.
    Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Hanner said that push-ups are the No. 1 cause of rhabdomyolysis, followed by squats and wall squats and then bear crawls, up-downs and burpees.
    Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 18 July 2023
  • The Evelyn Bra is like a push-up bra but much more comfortable and less detectable underneath your clothes.
    Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Arnold is smoking cigars between takes, and Tom is working on the next seven scenes or doing push-ups or something.
    Sophia Scorziello, Variety, 25 May 2023
  • Try lowering yourself to the bottom of the push-up and then taking three to five seconds to slowly push back up to make the move more challenging.
    Jacqueline Andriakos, Health, 13 Mar. 2024
  • These circuits can include everything from push-ups, broad jumps, farmer’s carries, and dumbbell work, to squats and rows.
    Korin Miller, Women's Health, 11 May 2023
  • On the interior is a push-up bra with light padding for ideal coverage and lift.
    Gabrielle Porcaro, Travel + Leisure, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Just watching Fassbender do push-ups in his black rubber gloves wires up the atmosphere.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The Blumarine dress, as pointed out by Page Six, was a breast-baring wedding dress that used the corset as a push-up with nothing covering the chest except mesh.
    Zizi Strater, Peoplemag, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Sweating from push-ups, sit-ups and using a rowing machine is one thing, but a session at Hotworx is something else again.
    Linda Gandee, cleveland, 25 July 2023
  • For each one, every player would have to do one up-down, an exercise where players drop down to a push-up position then bounce back up.
    Billy Witz, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2023

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