How to Use rack up in a Sentence

rack up

verb
  • The clip has since racked up 21 million views on her page.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 4 July 2024
  • These days, not much has changed as Em is still racking up the wins.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 12 June 2024
  • Will the Hurricanes rack up more sacks and force a turnover?
    David Furones, sun-sentinel.com, 18 Sep. 2020
  • Over the last few weeks, the hashtag has racked up 34.3 million posts.
    Sara Radin, Architectural Digest, 5 Sep. 2024
  • The table lamp has racked up dozens of five-star ratings.
    Jamie Allison Sanders, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2024
  • Toss shells, stones, or small toys into the circles to rack up points.
    Nicole Harris, Parents, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The song’s racy video has already racked up 3.5 million views.
    Stephen Daw, Billboard, 18 July 2023
  • The Beavers racked up six sacks against San Diego State and held its rushing attack to 70 yards.
    Ndaschel, oregonlive, 16 Sep. 2023
  • From its premiere date in April, the series racked up 12.6M views through June.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2024
  • On Spotify alone, the songs have racked up over 11 million streams over the last five days.
    Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 14 Aug. 2024
  • At the same time, Leeds has shown an ability to rack up chances against bad teams, even away from home.
    Nick Hennion, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Also, even in the playoffs Philly has been able to rack up some high-scoring games.
    Marc Bona, cleveland, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Wynne posted a video, which racked up 3.5 million views.
    Jesse Barron, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The latest from Stray Kids has now racked up 12 weeks on that tally, with seven of those spent on top.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
  • PCMag only looked through a dozen of the complaints to avoid racking up court fees.
    Michael Kan, PCMAG, 10 Apr. 2024
  • The music video dropped the same day and has racked up over 5.2 million views at the time of publication (No. 7 for video).
    Billboard Japan, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The drug has been used for decades, racking up a remarkably good safety record in that time.
    Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 13 June 2024
  • The job that tends to rack up the highest level of resignations?
    Megan Leonhardt, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2022
  • So, buying new car seats over multiple ages and stages can rack up a cost.
    Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Even flight attendants have put it to the test, and it’s racked up over 3,500 five-star ratings on Amazon.
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 17 Aug. 2024
  • Court, which launched in May of last year after years of delays and racking up a price tag of over $28 million.
    Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 May 2024
  • Trump’s campaign shared a video clip of the moment on X that racked up over 5 million views within hours.
    Koh Ewe, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The Browns left points on the field again last week against the Chargers, but continued to rack up yards at a really high rate.
    Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2022
  • The first trailer racked up 215 million global cross-platform views in just a few days.
    Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Sep. 2024
  • The Mets, meanwhile, played their best game of the series, racking up 14 hits without a strikeout.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
  • The music video on YouTube has racked up over 13.98 million views at the time of publication.
    Billboard Japan, Billboard, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Some experiences racked up wait times of more than four hours.
    Angelique Jackson, Variety, 24 July 2023
  • With this new case, Easley has now racked up a felony police chase charge in each of the past three years, and all three cases remain pending.
    Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
  • As Democrats have gained ground with them, the party has racked up a string of victories in low-turnout special elections and off-year contests.
    David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
  • But to cope with higher prices, Americans, particularly low- to middle-income households, have racked up record credit card debt and pushed delinquencies to a 13-year high.
    Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024

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