How to Use checkup in a Sentence

checkup

noun
  • The doctor gave me a checkup.
  • She goes for a checkup every year.
  • Use our new checkup tool to see how healthy your classrooms are.
    — Aubrey Nagle, Philly.com, 3 May 2018
  • Get your checkups, go to the doctor.
    — Bri Buckley, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Glesing said his scans are clear and will have checkups every six months.
    — Kenzie Winstead, The Courier-Journal, 3 May 2018
  • Think of it as a general health checkup for the house.
    — Ryan Brennan may 15, Charlotte Observer, 15 May 2026
  • Please get that checkup and make sure your internal is right.
    — Roger Lockridge, Men's Health, 10 May 2022
  • Your dog should go to the vet at least once a year for his annual checkup.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2022
  • At a checkup the next day, the scale showed Garrett had lost weight.
    — jsonline.com, 29 Apr. 2022
  • In the land of giant sequoias, the largest tree in the world gets a checkup.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2024
  • In other words, this is just a checkup to assess the health of your breasts.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024
  • As for the report from his checkup today?
    — Erica Sloan, SELF, 3 Sep. 2025
  • How it could’ve been missed in previous checkups isn’t clear.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 20 May 2025
  • At a four- or six-week checkup, you may be cleared to have intercourse again.
    — Kavin Senapathy, SELF, 17 Aug. 2018
  • Don’t wait for burnout to get your regular checkups.
    — Nancy Padberg, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • For example, my wife texted me about an hour ago that our three kids got great checkups.
    — Annie Karni, New York Times, 28 July 2023
  • At his first annual checkup, his aneurysm had shrunk by more than 2 cm.
    — Trihealth Dailyhealthwire, Cincinnati.com, 19 Feb. 2018
  • At our most recent annual checkup, my vet was the one to bring it up.
    — Francesca Serritella, Philly.com, 21 Mar. 2018
  • If your documents are more than a couple of years old, get a checkup.
    — Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 7 June 2022
  • This checkup is worthwhile for a host of other reasons as well.
    — Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
  • This checkup is worthwhile for a host of other reasons as well.
    — Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
  • Part of my checkup is the chest X-ray, and that is the protocol.
    — Rasha Ali, USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2020
  • The pair got their final checkup, were weighed, swabbed to check for diseases and had their blood drawn.
    — Michael George, CBS News, 22 July 2022
  • This is a good time get a checkup and take care of any health or financial problems.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 18 Sep. 2020
  • She was sent to a physician to do a checkup, including a colonoscopy.
    — Jonathan Moens, Popular Mechanics, 27 June 2023
  • Once the checkup is over, the doctor sends you on your way for another year or two.
    — Itzik Kotler, Forbes, 6 May 2021
  • The rest of the checkup was routine, with blood and urine samples taken.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2020
  • The van, which once offered checkups at the doorsteps in the colonias, now sits running on idle.
    — Jacquelyn Martin, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2025
  • My parents never skipped a checkup or a vaccine.
    — Anamika Shrimali, STAT, 21 Jan. 2026
  • As for my checkup, Saxon ordered up a stress test for me, just to stay on top of things.
    — Steve Lopezcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2023

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