How to Use clock up in a Sentence

clock up

verb
  • Gyokeres also clocked up an assist on the goal of the night.
    — Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Amber’s clip has clocked up over 91,000 views and dozens of comments.
    — Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025
  • Online, Kirsten’s post went viral, clocking up over 6,000 likes and shares.
    — Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
  • On Instagram, the reel went viral, clocking up over 8 million views.
    — Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Dawson’s post has gone viral on Threads, clocking up over 45,000 likes and shares.
    — Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Hormann’s post went viral on Threads, clocking up over 16,000 likes.
    — Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Her post has gone viral on Reddit, clocking up over 7,200 upvotes.
    — Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Her reel has clocked up almost 800,000 views on Instagram.
    — Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
  • Musah, for instance, has clocked up less than an hour in Serie A with Atalanta this season.
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Vega shared Luke's rendition in a clip on TikTok which has gone viral, clocking up over 3 million views.
    — Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Mboko’s hard labor of love has been spent on accumulating wins on the ITF Tour, clocking up five titles.
    — Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Google’s Marissa Mayer reportedly has clocked up to 130 weekly hours.
    — Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Her reel has clocked up nearly 2 million views and hundreds of comments from other parents who weren’t ready for the day their little ones outgrow Santa Claus.
    — Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Cooper's effort to be patient has gone viral on TikTok, clocking up over 826,000 views.
    — Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
  • The 26-year-old is active in hoovering up danger — clocking up his fair share of tackles and interceptions — but also reads the game well with a high volume of ball recoveries to get his side back on the front foot.
    — James McNicholas, New York Times, 2 June 2026
  • The 26-year-old is active in hoovering up danger — clocking up his fair share of tackles and interceptions — but also reads the game well with a high volume of ball recoveries to get his side back on the front foot.
    — Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 21 May 2026
  • Incidentally, their highest tally of 27 was clocked up six days earlier, in the goalless draw with Cape Verde — albeit with much less attacking potency.
    — Mark Carey, New York Times, 2 July 2026
  • With too few mechanics trained in electric drivetrains and battery systems, repairs can drag on for weeks and could clock up thousands of dollars in charges, a costly repair that may force many owners to discard otherwise functional vehicles.
    — New Atlas, 11 Dec. 2025
  • At this stage last season, the Wales forward had clocked up 1,465 minutes in 23 appearances in the Championship, scoring three times and providing one assist.
    — Gregg Evans, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Engelsman and Holland run Throttle House, a YouTube channel that clocks up millions of viewers per vid, test driving cars, tracking test runs and taking adventures.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 5 Feb. 2026
  • In this delightfully science-minded historical fiction novel, one of the main characters runs away from her family to do astronomy while the other clocks up multiple major scientific expeditions under her belt.
    — Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The former has played 61 minutes across three appearances in the Champions League, while the latter clocked up 16 minutes in his only appearance on matchday one against Atletico Madrid.
    — Andy Jones, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
  • The soundtrack for KPop Demon Hunters clocks up seven consecutive weeks at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart, for the longest reign by any album for the year.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Chiesa has clocked up 21 appearances for Slot this season, and there’s no appetite to offload him, especially with Isak out at least until March and Ekitike having only recently recovered from a hamstring problem.
    — James McNicholas, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
  • With the computer system down, an ominous countdown clock up, and chaos reigning at the Park in the middle of a terrorist crisis, Whelan is shown in the opening scene of the first-rate Slow Horses finale holding court from a couch, as if in his therapist’s office.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025

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