How to Use put up in a Sentence

put up

verb

• The Cougars put up 38 points in the second half and held Mills to 21.
  — Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
• My wife Jaz for putting up with this and all the s--- that comes with it.
  — Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 9 Jan. 2024
• The Hogs put up a goal-line stand from the 2-yard line after the catch.
  — Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2023
• The Rangers scored the most runs with 11, while the Orioles and Blue Jays put up 10 each.
  — oregonlive, 31 Mar. 2023
• Last week against the Chiefs, Perine put up 106 yards on the ground.
  — Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 7 Dec. 2022
• The three competitors put up a fight in the last episode.
  — Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 1 Dec. 2023
• But at the end of the day, BYU put up 50 points in the season opener.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Sep. 2022
• Two games ago, Grimes caught fire and put up 44 points.
  — Stan Son, The Athletic, 5 Mar. 2025
• With him getting put up on the board for the Swarm D, which is a big deal.
  — Michael Niziolek, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Aug. 2023
• Grant would paint sections of the wall or put up pieces of wood or sails.
  — Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Sep. 2023
• Whoever the Left puts up now will just be more of the same.
  — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 21 July 2024
• The county would handle 80% of the costs, while the landowner would put up 20%.
  — J.k. Dineen, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Jan. 2023
• Davison put up most of the money for the deal, the person said.
  — Justin Elliott, ProPublica, 30 July 2024
• Look for Aaron Rodgers to put up a lot of points in this one and lead to a big Green Bay win.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 12 Sep. 2022
• That said, the 49ers are the best team in football and figure to put up big numbers across the board.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
• This time, the Chips didn’t wait until the ninth inning to put up runs.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 29 May 2022
• When that got to be too much, the family put up a fence.
  — USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2025
• Alongside Clark, Kelsey Mitchell put up 28 points as the backcourt duo got the Fever over the line.
  — Thomas Schlachter, CNN, 17 Aug. 2024
• Of course, strong-willed Claire puts up a fight, but Jamie won’t relent.
  — Amy Wilkinson, Vulture, 23 Nov. 2024
• Palos Verdes put up quite a fight in a loss to Mission Viejo.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2023
• Yeah, Giorgio just didn’t want to put up with our crazy bullsh-t.
  — Joe Lynch, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2022
• This type of 'transparency' bodes well for those putting up the dough.
  — New Atlas, 11 Aug. 2024
• Time to quit talking about awards won or lost and put up or shut up.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 25 May 2022
• That’s the most for a Denver wideout since DT put up eight straight in 2014.
  — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 25 Nov. 2024
• Burrow got off to a slow start as the Bengals put up just six first half points.
  — cleveland, 29 Jan. 2023
• Then the figure pulls out that simian mask, slips it on and puts up his dukes.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2024
• After a slow start, the Utes put up 21 points in the second quarter and rolled from there.
  — oregonlive, 22 Sep. 2022
• Fans used to put up with all of it, but this year feels different.
  — New York Times, 15 May 2022
• It’s put up or shut up time for dozens of cities across the San Francisco Bay Area.
  — Ben Christopher, The Mercury News, 25 Jan. 2024
• Photograph: Helix; Getty Images My husband puts up with a lot of crap with my job.
  — Nena Farrell, WIRED, 8 Mar. 2025