How to Use power up in a Sentence

power up

1 of 2 verb
  • By rotating the entire watch on its wristband, the piece can be powered up.
    — Will Croxton, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
  • Many of them are necessary to power up Atsu.
    — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Guests can power up at the 24-hour fitness center, which is an athlete’s dream.
    — Karla Walsh, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2026
  • The travel adapter even kept my phone, laptop, and hair tools powered up during my last trip to France.
    — Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The power button has a clear ring that lights to indicate when the system is powered up.
    — Thomas Soderstrom, PC Magazine, 13 Sep. 2025
  • By giving each neuron extra power up front, networks do more with fewer units.
    — Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Atlanta and Toronto are playoff teams on the rise, with the trade resources to power up.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 19 May 2026
  • In stoppage time, Zidane powered up the left wing and gathered the ball under his spell.
    — Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 31 May 2026
  • When the sun rises high enough in the morning, the tracker powers up and starts transmitting again.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 31 Jan. 2026
  • When the king tides roll in every winter, there’s no better vantage point for watching the ocean’s power up close.
    — Jennifer Fernandez, Architectural Digest, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Plug it in to power up the home, which can also be set on a timer to automatically turn on every evening.
    — Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The Titans, with a defensive-minded new coach, elect to power up their running game.
    — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas Morning News, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Yanni Gourde leads an elite checking line that’s finally able to complement the team’s star power up front.
    — Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Be ready for the possibility of power outages – keep all devices powered up.
    — Bill Kelly, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
  • That readership is powered up organically by one of the largest language markets in the world.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 18 June 2026
  • That could change in the next few days as the storm tracks west, toward a section of the ocean with far warmer waters and more moist air — key ingredients to power up a storm.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The best wireless chargers will power up your devices at an acceptable speed and add convenience to your life, not frustration.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The new storm was powering up out over the Pacific Ocean early Tuesday.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 23 Dec. 2025
  • In the morning, soaking in some daylight by sitting at a window or going outside can help train the brain to power up, Verma said.
    — Adithi Ramakrishnan, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Taken together, these shifts power up your metabolism, in turn lowering your risk for heart disease.
    — Erica Sloan, SELF, 11 Dec. 2025
  • In March, Ford revealed that its drivers power up at Tesla stations only 20% of the time.
    — PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Radical Uranus is shifting ahead while stationed in your sign, powering up your 1st house — the sector that rules your character and style.
    — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Mission managers plan to begin launch preparations Monday, powering up parts of the rocket and spacecraft.
    — Tom Costello, NBC news, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The problem is that powering up the engines, idling them, and then using their massive power just to trundle around the tarmac is scarcely economical.
    — David Szondy june 07, New Atlas, 7 June 2026
  • The plant would be operational in 2028 and would be designed to power up to 66,000 homes.
    — Sydney Sasser, Arkansas Online, 18 Dec. 2025
  • When he was taken into custody, Philippi was at the rear of the vehicle, with the drone powered up, and the explosive device was armed and located next to the drone.
    — Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
  • This portable power station comes with a 3072Wh capacity and can power up your big items such as your fridge, fan, wifi router, and more.
    — PC Magazine, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Melissa powered up over the warm waters in the Caribbean last week, its winds increasing by 65 mph in one 15-hour period.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
  • This outdoor camera has a modular solar panel that powers up its internal battery, providing around-the-clock coverage.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 26 June 2026
  • This outdoor camera has a modular solar panel that powers up its internal battery, providing around-the-clock coverage.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 29 June 2026

power-up

2 of 2 noun
  • This screen is a power-up for your eyes.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 1 June 2026
  • This is the ultimate power-up for your gaming rig.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 26 May 2026
  • These are a few components that players need to craft special weapons and power-ups.
    — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Ingenious power-ups turn level design on its head.
    — George Yang, PC Magazine, 1 May 2026
  • The map is littered with power-ups that affect various stats like health, speed, and handling.
    — PC Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Some of the more beloved mushroom power-ups include the golden mushrooms and bee mushrooms.
    — Matt Kasson, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The original power-up appeared orange with red spots and a white stem in its debut release.
    — Matt Kasson, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2025
  • This title stars Mario and his friends and blends the series power-ups and characters with the core rules of the sport.
    — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 7 May 2026
  • Create a Nodon that senses when people touch apples to receive power-ups.
    — PC Magazine, 16 Aug. 2025
  • The Super Mario Galaxy Movie just scored a power-up two months after its release.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 8 June 2026
  • Beyond’s power-ups, generously spread across its 15-hour run time, don't disappoint.
    — PC Magazine, 2 Dec. 2025
  • The Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 feels like a real-life power-up.
    — PC Magazine, 22 Nov. 2025
  • The Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 feels like a real-life power-up.
    — PC Magazine, 1 Dec. 2025
  • The Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 feels like a real-life power-up.
    — PC Magazine, 18 Nov. 2025
  • The Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 feels like a real-life power-up.
    — PC Magazine, 20 Nov. 2025
  • At the end of each, they’ll be awarded a choice of power-up that can boost their health, attack or defense, or imbue their abilities with elemental attributes.
    — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2025
  • This time the player is building up a vehicle more methodically, entering short challenges that reflect the other modes in the game to gain specific power-ups.
    — Ryan Gaur, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2025
  • For example, a key power-up is empty injectors because they can be used for steroids or stabilizers – two power-ups that offer permanent buffs to one character.
    — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The Joker-less lineup has remained in the mix due to Jamal Murray hero ball and a Peyton Watson power-up.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The demo didn't offer much puzzle variety, and the mad dash to solve them seemed the most effective method for defeating enemies despite damage-enhancing power-ups.
    — Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Deliver packages in a world where everything’s out to kill you, escape wild hazards and enemies, fight back using wacky power-ups and choose from a variety of perks to improve your chances of survival.
    — David Jagneaux, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Players match cards to build bridges while using disruptive WILD power-ups to sabotage opponents, block paths and create chaos.
    — Arushi Jacob, Variety, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The film’s surplus of action and chase scenes follows the same rigid formula of swooping camera movements and game power-up deus ex machinas that no sequence ever proves particularly exciting.
    — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The partner concept is also incorporated into combination attacks, where the protagonist can call on them to perform a powerful attack or support them with a heal or power-up.
    — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 10 June 2026
  • That’s when ‘chips’ were introduced in a big tweak to the game — power-ups that allow FPL managers rare chances to gain extra points in a handful of the 38 gameweeks that comprise a season.
    — Max Mathews, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2025
  • But Eriksson Ek will be back, and the issue here is whether there is room for McCarron and Nico Sturm on a team that needs to power-up offensively somewhere.
    — John Shipley, Twin Cities, 20 May 2026
  • His character is more maneuverable, and that creates situations where players can test out the traversal mechanics to grab an out-of-the-way power-up or switches that open inaccessible treasure chests.
    — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Yet Roblox’s offerings, which are mostly free to play but often sell in-game cosmetic items and power-ups, can still be wildly popular, amassing more than 100 million daily active players.
    — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 22 Dec. 2025
  • However, the super mushroom, a power-up similar to Pac-Man’s power pellets, is what really super-sized Mario and became one of the most iconic symbols of the entire franchise.
    — Matt Kasson, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2025
  • ChatGPT gets an eyes-and-ears power-up ChatGPT’s upgrade is a noteworthy example of a multimodal AI system.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2023

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