How to Use ups and downs in a Sentence

ups and downs

plural noun
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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Despite the ups and downs, the talent has always been there.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2021
  • Been some ups and downs, which is synonymous to my life.
    — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 4 Jan. 2023
  • And Tong, who has viewed the genre’s ups and downs from the DJ booth across the decades, remains upbeat about the future.
    — Mark Sutherland, Variety, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Kehlani's track is about thanking those who stay put through your ups and downs.
    — Seventeen, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Dragicevic is having the ups and downs of a 16-year-old.
    — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 4 Feb. 2022
  • This journey, that is this life, can involve a whole lot of ups and downs.
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2021
  • 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

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