How to Use push-up in a Sentence

push-up

noun
  • Do a few push-ups against a wall or your desk.
    — Jeanne Ballion, Vogue, 1 June 2026
  • Add bodyweight squats, lunges or even some planks and push-ups.
    — Fred Sassani, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
  • For an even tougher option, try the knees-down push-up next.
    — Stephanie Anderson Witmer, Health, 11 Sep. 2025
  • For an even tougher option, try the knees-down push-up next.
    — Stephanie Anderson Witmer, Health, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Can’t manage a standard push-up yet?
    — Gretchen Reynolds, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The penalty for walking was push-ups.
    — Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Trans women still did better with push-ups even at the four-year end point.
    — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 29 May 2025
  • Perform a push-up, then walk your hands back toward your feet and stand up.
    — Rikkilynn Shields Hannigan, Health, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Perform your push-up on an incline, with your hands on a bench, chair, or couch.
    — Mallory Creveling, Health, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Before the screening, a push-up contest will take places with prizes.
    — Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Follow the same instructions as the wall push-up.
    — Stephanie Anderson Witmer, Health, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Follow the same instructions as the wall push-up.
    — Stephanie Anderson Witmer, Health, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Start in a push-up position with your hands shoulder-width apart.
    — Rikkilynn Shields Hannigan, Health, 28 Dec. 2025
  • That frees you up to add a little wobble to your lunges, sumo squats, or wide-grip push-ups.
    — Sara Coughlin, SELF, 25 Aug. 2025
  • To do mountain climbers, start in a high plank position (the top of a push-up).
    — Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Give push-ups, chest presses, pull-ups, lat pulldowns, bent-over rows, and face pulls a shot.
    — Ashley Mateo, Women's Health, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Think sit-ups, pull-ups, push-ups, crunches or squats, as examples.
    — Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 27 May 2023
  • This includes push-ups, squats, pull-ups, lunges and overhead presses.
    — Ian McMahan, Washington Post, 7 July 2024
  • Examples include air squats, step-ups, push-ups, and dips.
    — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 8 Dec. 2025
  • Examples include squats, push-ups, lunges, and planks.
    — Sarah Garone, Health, 26 Feb. 2026
  • In the final slide, Sánchez poses in a black lace push-up bra and black patent leather face mask.
    — Catherine Santino, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
  • To perform pencil push-ups, hold a pencil between the eyes at arm's length.
    — Laura Schober, Health, 12 Feb. 2025
  • The actor will be doing burpees, push-ups, bicycle kicks and more.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Repeat 3 sets of 10 inchworm push-ups.
    — Rikkilynn Shields Hannigan, Health, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Wall push-ups will build strength in your arms, for example, while squats are great for beefing up your leg strength.
    — Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Push-Ups To do a push-up, place your hands on the box or bench, about shoulder-width apart.
    — Alyssa Ages, Outside Online, 3 Apr. 2025
  • The players on defense also did five push-ups each for failing to grab a rebound.
    — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 22 Feb. 2023
  • To ease into a push-up, your setup will look almost identical to that of a high plank.
    — Caroline C. Boyle, USA Today, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Common examples include push-ups, lunges, squats, planks, and pull-ups.
    — Jakob Roze, Health, 5 Mar. 2026
  • From the looks of the brave souls returning from these unique workouts, planks and push-ups will never be the same.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 25 July 2023

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