How to Use shack up in a Sentence
shack up
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Alex De Bard soothes in the role of an Amsterdam squatter with whom the Youth shacks up.
—Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
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Female plains spadefoots can count on their ponds to be deep and homey, and will gladly shack up with males of their own ilk.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 7 July 2022
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There, he’s enraged to discover that Miko is shacking up with a white guy who himself is obsessed with all things Asian.
—Bonnie Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2023
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Today, about 23 million young adults are shacking up with family—nearly 45% of the age group, per the U.S. Census.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2023
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Meanwhile, Philip’s mother Myra rants about the immorality of Liam’s mother having shacked up with their lodger.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 11 May 2022
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The idea of finding a relative stranger to shack up with was becoming ever more appealing.
—Stefanie Groner, Glamour, 27 Jan. 2021
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One recent study even suggested that climate change may be pushing certain European toads to shack up with the wrong species.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 17 May 2022
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The movie, about three young women shacking up in a rancid hovel in the French provinces, premiered in Locarno and screened at the Oldenburg film festival in 2010.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Sep. 2023
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The quieter moments, however, attracted Hall to shack up in The Night House, which explores topics of suicide, mental illness and grief.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 19 Aug. 2021
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There are a variety of different spots to shack up — from Bushtec tents with furnished decks and outdoor showers to vintage trailers that deliberately don’t have Wi-Fi.
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 25 Mar. 2023
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Here, lady albatrosses will shack up to co-parent, sometimes cohabitating for years at a time, researchers have found.
—Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2020
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Would-be paranormal investigators shack up with the spirits in this new unscripted series.
—Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2022
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In retrospect, this is totally normal, since most of us decided to shack up with our family members during the global pandemic.
—Bianca Rodriguez, Marie Claire, 17 July 2020
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Then too, the couple shared their experience via Instagram, including shacking up at a luxury hotel called Calilo.
—David Chiu, Peoplemag, 26 July 2023
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Getaway Eastern Catskills leans into the collective interest in downsizing and streamlining, inviting guests to do away with the superfluous extras by shacking up in tiny homes.
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2023
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