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
• In the final slide, Sánchez poses in a black lace push-up bra and black patent leather face mask.
  — Catherine Santino, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
• 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
• Cullum then dropped to the floor at their home, alongside his son, and cranked out his final 10 push-ups by his side.
  — Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025
• 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
• Not that the 110°F scorch prevents Patrick Schwarzenegger, son of Arnold, from doing push-ups as the crew prepares for another take.
  — Charlie Campbell, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
• 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
• The current second top-selling item is a push-up bra, which has edged out accessories from last week’s top item.
  — Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 4 Dec. 2024
• 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
• Here’s how push-up scores evolved in transgender women over the course of four years of hormone therapy.
  — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 30 Jan. 2025
• One of Grassley’s 2022 campaign ads featured him doing push-ups and jogging in the mornings.
  — Emily Brooks, The Hill, 27 Dec. 2024
• At the other extreme, the three exercises that were most correlated with the rest of the tests were push-ups, standing long jump, and the Beep Test.
  — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 14 Aug. 2024
• 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
• Wall push-ups, resistance bands, and yoga can also fortify bones.
  — Jolene Edgar, Allure, 11 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 5 Mar 2025