How to Use ups and downs in a Sentence

ups and downs

plural noun

• The star has been open about his ups and downs over the past few years.
  — Daniela Avila, PEOPLE.com, 27 June 2022
• On the panel, Stokes opened up about the ups and downs of the last two years.
  — Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 24 May 2021
• And none of the ups and downs have changed that basic fact.
  — Brad McMillan, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
• Spring is here and, with it, all of the ups and downs of spring weather.
  — Nicola Fumo, Forbes, 6 Apr. 2021
• Good teams start the season and go through ups and downs.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2021
• Like any place, the city, founded in 1814, has had its ups and downs.
  — cleveland, 6 June 2022
• As with Doubs, each went through the grinder with ups and downs to reach this point.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2022
• There are a lot of ups and downs in a long season like that.
  — Chris Hays, orlandosentinel.com, 30 July 2021
• Moore has been open about the ups and downs of breastfeeding in the past.
  — Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 19 Sep. 2021
• The Dallas Wings have seen their fair share of ups and downs the past few years.
  — Arianna Vedia, Dallas News, 11 Feb. 2021
• The Bears then went back to Trubisky, who had his ups and downs.
  — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 29 Dec. 2020
• Every one of you knows the journey, the roller-coaster ride, the ups and downs.
  — Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2023
• Gabe has had his ups and downs with his father over the years.
  — Karli Bendlin, Peoplemag, 22 Dec. 2022
• Their season, with 12 of the first 17 games on the road, has been a study in ups and downs, fits and starts.
  — Dom Amore, courant.com, 14 Jan. 2022
• All the ups and downs from the Lighthouse Project to Barclays and all the craziness.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2021
• It's been more than a year in the making and has seen plenty of ups and downs.
  — Alan Fram, ajc, 1 Aug. 2022
• There have been ups and downs, lots of giggles and a few tears, too.
  — Linda Gandee, cleveland, 8 June 2021
• Join in with the birds and the bees and the flowers and the trees, and open up to love's ups and downs (and ups again) with a rom-com.
  — Usa Today Staff, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2022
• The song discusses the ups and downs of being with a cheater.
  — Shelby Stewart, Chron, 1 June 2021
• The effort to silence him, too, came with ups and downs.
  — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 20 Nov. 2021
• After months of ups and downs, this marks the second straight week of gains.
  — Josh Siegel, Washington Examiner, 22 Jan. 2021
• Williamson had his ups and downs as a first-time starter last season.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 21 Apr. 2021
• There's been some ups and downs and that's to be expected.
  — Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 14 May 2021
• Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve knows there are ups and downs to every game.
  — Kent Youngblood, Star Tribune, 22 June 2021
• All the ups and downs are normal, but girls can face anything.
  — Kori Williams, Seventeen, 2 Dec. 2022
• Kiyoko has also gone through some ups and downs with her hair.
  — Tatjana Freund, Marie Claire, 10 Mar. 2021
• If style were a stock market, these are the ups and downs in fortune that charted the course of the year.
  — New York Times, 23 Dec. 2020
• The Atlanta Braves have ridden the ups and downs of a playoff race for weeks now.
  — David Brandt, ajc, 21 Sep. 2021
• Of course, getting to this point didn’t come without its ups and downs.
  — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 22 June 2022
• Kim-boy exists, in essence, as an everyman enduring the ups and downs of rural Alaskan life.
  — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 28 Dec 2024