How to Use uptick in a Sentence

uptick

noun

• But this seemed to be more than an uptick; this felt like a jump.
  — Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2022
• That uptick in sales helps the beloved project become a bestseller again in the U.K.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
• The deal with the gangs, Aguilar said, is the root cause of the recent uptick in violence.
  — Michael D McDonald, Bloomberg.com, 28 Mar. 2022
• The next year, there was an uptick in the number of Black med school students.
  — Carly Mallenbaum, Axios, 1 Apr. 2025
• The last decade or so has seen an uptick in research about adults with CP.
  — Jeremy Klemin, The New Republic, 3 Jan. 2022
• There was an uptick in shootings, and two cars were set ablaze.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2022
• He’s seen a small uptick in passengers since the train opened.
  — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2024
• All that said, Şengün should still see an uptick in minutes in Year 2.
  — Morten Jensen, Forbes, 16 June 2022
• Yeah, our second show saw a big uptick from year one to year two.
  — Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
• Despite the lack of consensus on the cause of that uptick, there are some clear trends.
  — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2024
• So, maybe an extra six months is fair trade for a big uptick.
  — David Phelan, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2021
• This year, those same seats saw a slight uptick to $3,310 for nine Panthers home games.
  — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 8 Mar. 2024
• August’s uptick was the largest one-month increase since June 2022.
  — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 14 Sep. 2023
• The glimmers of shine and sparkle fits in with the uptick of dressier denim silhouettes.
  — Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 9 Jan. 2025
• But an uptick in exports to Asia helped make up for a large chunk of those losses.
  — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 26 June 2022
• But any sort of wave would in all likelihood lead to an uptick in deaths, too.
  — Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2022
• The uptick in violence in 2017, Boh said, was a tipping point.
  — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2022
• For the first time in a long time, the state of filmmaking in Arkansas seems to be on a slight uptick.
  — Al Topich Special To The Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 2 Jan. 2025
• Trevor Story, despite a recent uptick at the plate, could see more time on the bench.
  — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 2 June 2025
• His first episode last Sunday helped Suits: LA to get a ratings uptick in the demos for the first time since the premiere.
  — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2025
• What’s your reaction to the uptick in speed climbs on these mountains?
  — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 6 Dec. 2022
• And at midyear, there was no sign of an uptick in North Texas office space demand.
  — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 5 July 2023
• But Over-the-Rhine and Downtown have seen an uptick in violent crime.
  — Brenda Ordonez, The Enquirer, 21 Aug. 2025
• Also, the play on the court in the wake of the trades resulted in an uptick of enthusiasm and joy.
  — John Canzano, oregonlive, 20 Feb. 2022
• Zia has seen a notable uptick in interest in the story over the past few years.
  — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 23 June 2022
• Just the other day, the dispatcher told me there had been an uptick in complaints.
  — Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2025
• The announcement sparked an immediate uptick in the price of the stock, sending it above $50 for the first time since the news of the takeover broke.
  — Samanth Subramanian, Quartz, 5 May 2022
• The news regarding this case comes during an uptick in monkepox cases around the world and in the U.S.
  — Madison Smalstig, The Indianapolis Star, 19 June 2022
• The promising news is that VC funding in the region, which had fallen to a ten-year low at the end of 2024, has seen an uptick in some countries this year.
  — Forbes Asia Team, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
• The article dove deep into the glaring uptick in numbers of single Black women.
  — Essence, 18 Aug. 2025