How to Use bang-up in a Sentence

bang-up

1 of 2 adjective
  • All in all a bang-up start of the week for Christie’s.
    — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 18 May 2026
  • But Rizzi’s doing a bang-up job in Denver, with a special-teams unit that’s become lethal.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 19 Jan. 2026
  • By all accounts, the new guy is doing a bang-up job on the culture, a subject that’s suddenly the rage across baseball.
    — Kevin Sherrington feb. 25, Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Our other cyber stock Palo Alto Networks delivered a truly a bang-up quarter.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The host, Conan O’Brien, ran a relatively tight ship, seeming even more confident in his second go at the gig after doing a bang-up job the year prior.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
  • In essence, their forte provides insights into psychology and human mental health guidance, and they are primed and ready to aid in devising AI that can do a bang-up job, similarly.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • The good news is that depending on how your prompts are worded, there is a solid chance that GPT-5 will select one of the GPT-5 submodels that will do a bang-up job of answering your prompt.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • The good news is that depending on how your prompts are worded, there is a solid chance that GPT-5 will select one of the GPT-5 submodels that will do a bang-up job of answering your prompt.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
  • A little more time and attention toward character development could help viewers form a connection with the cast (who, led by voice-acting MVPs James and Stephen Root, do a bang-up job elevating the farce and landing their punchlines).
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Feb. 2026

bang up

2 of 2 verb
  • Wentz was banged up in the win.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025
  • He got banged up a few weeks ago.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Guys are banged up, guys are tired.
    — Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
  • But, the 49ers were banged up as well.
    — Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Your feet are banged up in ways that can’t just be from this.
    — Jasmin 'iolani Hakes, Literary Hub, 5 Feb. 2026
  • He’s been banged up a little bit.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Lucas said the team has been banged up.
    — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2026
  • This group is badly banged up through nine games.
    — Diamond Vences, Charlotte Observer, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Past two have been bang up; will get an early spot to run from.
    — Michael Beychok, NOLA.com, 19 Dec. 2020
  • The Flyers were young, banged up and tired.
    — Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 14 May 2026
  • And frankly, some of the guys that are playing, they’ve been banged up.
    — Khobi Price, Orange County Register, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The Leafs coach is no stranger to being banged up.
    — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2026
  • But his body, for a young guy, his body’s banged up pretty good right now.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 29 Feb. 2024
  • My body just is really banged up.
    — Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
  • He’s already been banged up most of the season.
    — Peter Baugh, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Rogers was banged up in the spring, like most of the other running backs.
    — Cameron Teague Robinson, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • Aaron Gordon was banged up and in and out of the lineup.
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
  • But all were or are banged up, but trending in the right direction.
    — The Enquirer, 26 May 2023
  • This was a guy who was banged up after a long 82-game season.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
  • This was a guy who was banged up after a long 82-game season.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Sturm was not firm on the change on the back end, saying there were a couple of guys banged up.
    — Stephen Conroy, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026
  • However, Stafford is banged up right now.
    — Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The Golden Knights, who have a game in hand, are banged up in net.
    — Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2023
  • In each case, the Gators did not have nearly as many key players banged up.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2025
  • He’s been banged up, but throughout the spring he’s gotten better.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2025
  • And the 49ers’ roster is always banged up.
    — Matt Barrows, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Saina was a four-star recruit in the 2024 class but was banged up last year.
    — Antonio Morales, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Evans and Egbuka came into the game banged up.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • All season long, Clark has been banged up and dealing with injuries.
    — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
  • But the Hurricanes are banged up in the secondary.
    — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2026

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'bang-up.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: