Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of stick up
Esther Kang, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025
After three year old Lucy Branson got a Polly Pocket doll shoe stuck up her nose, her family was charged about $2,659 for an ER doctor to fish it out with forceps — essentially a long pair of tweezers.
—Elisabeth Rosenthal, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
Jessica Wang, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2024
Frank Moten was always of the mindset that Cadillac Richie did the robbery, but the real Cadillac Richie is a little bit different than our Cadillac Richie; the real Cadillac Richie was more of a stickup kid.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 10 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for stick up
Verb
Ben Stiller stuck up for Adam Scott in a way he's never known.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025
After three year old Lucy Branson got a Polly Pocket doll shoe stuck up her nose, her family was charged about $2,659 for an ER doctor to fish it out with forceps — essentially a long pair of tweezers.
—Elisabeth Rosenthal, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
Noun
Cadillac Richie was more of a kind of independent, stickup kid.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2024
Frank Moten was always of the mindset that Cadillac Richie did the robbery, but the real Cadillac Richie is a little bit different than our Cadillac Richie; the real Cadillac Richie was more of a stickup kid.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 10 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for stick up
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stick up
Verb
-
According to court documents, Gadson’s brother had previously tried to rob Bradford, who had allegedly sold him a faulty car.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
22 Mar. 2025
-
Schwartz decided to rob a local dentist, Dr. Victor Cook.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
-
Bank robbery has become such a risky, low-yield crime that the FBI is recording fewer holdups than ever before.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2025
-
One of the holdups has been figuring out how to get the treatments to their destinations inside the body, or delivery, as it’s known in the industry.—
Angelica Peebles,
CNBC,
20 Feb. 2025
Verb
-
Many allies feel they have been reluctantly drawn into a confrontation by Trump, who routinely says America's friends and foes have ripped off the United States with tariffs and other trade barriers.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Apr. 2025
-
The president will be announcing a tariff plan that will roll back the unfair trade practices that have been ripping off our country for decades.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
-
They were arraigned in Queens Supreme Court on an eight-count indictment charging them with burglary, forcible touching, petty larceny and official misconduct.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
31 Mar. 2025
-
Muller, who turned 48 on Thursday, pleaded guilty Jan. 17 in a San Jose courtroom to two felony charges of assault with intent to commit rape during a first-degree burglary, related to previously unsolved nighttime attacks on sleeping women in Mountain View and Palo Alto.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
29 Mar. 2025
Verb
-
The 14,000-seat stadium, where the Triple-A River Cats opened their season over the weekend, received a makeover in preparation for the A’s temporary stay, including a drainage and irrigation system that should help the playing surface hold up to near-daily action this summer.—
Evan Webeck,
Mercury News,
1 Apr. 2025
-
Beijing Hits Pause Button While Beijing's regulator cited standard anti-trust grounds for the review, China watchers said the rationale did not hold up.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
Verb
-
For decades, the terrorist group has plundered Gaza and sacrificed its people in pursuit of an unending messianic war to eliminate the Jewish state.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
18 Mar. 2025
-
From [nautical] mile 200, the Argentine Navy [ …] under the coordination of the Joint Maritime Command, stands firm, patrolling and watching and ensuring that no foreign ship crosses our exclusive economic zone to plunder what belongs to Argentines.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
-
Kevin Williams, 26, and Byron Wilson, 24, were part of a four-man break-in crew that snatched the jewelry from a store in Hartsdale, N.Y., federal investigators said Tuesday in a press release.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
26 Mar. 2025
-
There was a break-in of a federal official’s home in that area.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
26 Mar. 2025
Verb
-
Along with human rights the wealth of Iran is being looted.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
-
The location of the site has not been announced due to concerns about looting.—
Francesca Aton,
ARTnews.com,
25 Mar. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Stick up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stick%20up. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share