How to Use do up in a Sentence

do up

verb
  • And there always seems to be a lot of work to be done up there.
    — Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
  • To build strength, do up to five reps with a weight that feels very heavy for you.
    — Erin Warwood, Women's Health, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The chef’s counter, meanwhile, is done up in dark stone with moss-green stools.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 30 Dec. 2024
  • So all the post-production was done up there.
    — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025
  • Lodge rooms, cabins, and suites are all done up in western style.
    — Julie Bielenberg, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
  • The kitchen is done up in coastal blue and gold tones, with a walk-in pantry and a breakfast bar.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 27 May 2025
  • Need some classic rock (done up Broadway style)?
    — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Take Bernard’s, a moody cocktail boite done up with leather and tweed accents.
    — Amy Tara Koch, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2025
  • An adjoining primary bath is done up in deep jade green onyx.
    — Kerry Pieri, Architectural Digest, 8 Jan. 2025
  • For now, the lab expects to do up to 500 tests a day, Dunn said.
    — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 3 Dec. 2020
  • That's a real testament to all the hard work that's been done up until now.
    — Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
  • It can be worn with the lovely pearl buttons done up as a shirt or undone as a cardigan.
    — Jessica Copeland, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The spacious rooms are done up in soothing neutrals with accents of sea-blue.
    — Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Clark, of course, is the key to everything Green Bay does up front.
    — Rob Reischel, Forbes, 16 July 2022
  • The agency plans to do up to 75 of these home repairs in its service area.
    — La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 26 Sep. 2024
  • The chef’s kitchen and butler’s pantry are done up in a creamy eggshell hue, and there’s a breakfast room for light meals.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2025
  • What in the world are those overgrown basketballs doing up there?
    — Rui Bo, The Conversation, 18 May 2026
  • His face is done up in traditional calavera face paint.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
  • There’s both a formal living room and dining room, the latter done up in a bright-blue hue.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 17 Dec. 2025
  • Camila has been doing up Paris in serious style over the last few days.
    — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 5 July 2023
  • The hardcore track beast is done up in a bold tri-color paint that echoes the look of the spaceman’s iconic suit.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 9 June 2026
  • The entire cabin is done up in two-tone black and Bordeaux Red leather.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 22 May 2026
  • There should be a willingness to mix and match if necessary, as the coaches have done up front.
    — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 20 May 2026
  • Maje has shifted from club wear to chicer, more classic silhouettes done up in leather and vinyl.
    — Rhonda Richford, WWD, 14 Mar. 2025
  • That would mean how the economy fares from now until the election may matter more than how it’s done up to now.
    — Jeff Stein, Washington Post, 26 July 2023
  • To create that effect, the walls were done up in a creamy, textured design that creates a cavern-like space.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 30 Dec. 2025
  • The new look is polished but homey, done up in a Craftsman style with plenty of sleek, dark wood and rich tones of brown and gold.
    — Annemarie Dooling, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
  • White Oak Pastures has pet-friendly cabin rentals done up in rustic style.
    — Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
  • One member of the choir taught fifth grade, and her tween fan army, done up in rhinestones and taffeta, buzzed overhead in the balcony.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Everything inside the car is done up in gold and black, with the exception of some wood trim on the steering wheel and dash.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 27 June 2023

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