How to Use ramp in a Sentence

ramp

1 of 2 noun
  • The pools have lifts and a ramp.
    — Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Watch out for icy bridges and ramps.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Watch this video to see how a ramp could help your pet.
    — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2025
  • There's going to be less ramp up.
    — Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Maybe that expense is a front-door ramp.
    — Michael Frerichs, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Commuters are asked to avoid the ramp.
    — Kris Habermehl, CBS News, 4 June 2026
  • From there, the spa can also be reached by ramp.
    — Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2025
  • All vessels must be launched from the main boat ramp.
    — John Meyer, Denver Post, 1 May 2026
  • Work on the ramps will come after the bridge work.
    — Chilekasi Adele, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Just look at what crawled up that ramp after them.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
  • His white mink coat had a tail as long as the entrance ramp.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 19 Apr. 2026
  • The off-ramp will reopen in mid-April.
    — Hedija Spahalic, Dallas Morning News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Some even piled and packed snow to build a makeshift ramp for extra hang time.
    — Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The three carried the young man down the off ramp to safety.
    — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
  • Rhodes chased him down the ramp and continued the brawl.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Fresh lemon and lime zest ramp up the citrus flavor.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 1 May 2026
  • There’s also a skate ramp in the studio.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The crash closed the ramp and southbound lanes of the highway.
    — Jennifer Edwards Baker, The Enquirer, 6 Sep. 2023
  • After five weeks of fighting, is there any off ramp in sight?
    — ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Raw ramps have a sharp bite with an almost spicy, earthy flavor.
    — Kelly Vaughan, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The only thing missing was the ramp.
    — Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • An 11-year-old rode her scooter right up the ramp and down.
    — Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Why are people so obsessed with ramps?
    — Kelly Vaughan, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Her car left the road and stopped near the I-694 ramp.
    — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 12 May 2026
  • But while ramps may be ephemeral, their flavor doesn’t have to be.
    — Kelly Vaughan, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Mar. 2026
  • But garlic scapes aren't green onions, green garlic, or ramps.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Apr. 2026
  • But garlic scapes aren't green onions, green garlic, or ramps.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Brent glided us toward the ramp.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 16 June 2026
  • The constant ramp and road closures.
    — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
  • At 10 years old, faced her fears and skated down a ramp for the first time.
    — Skyler Trepel, Peoplemag, 24 Oct. 2023

ramp

2 of 2 verb
  • And that's when things start to ramp up.
    — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026
  • And the vigils ramped up again.
    — Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
  • But then, the symptoms ramped up.
    — Eileen Finan, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Meme stocks ramping, for one thing.
    — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Severe storm changes ramp up in the evening hours.
    — Mary Kay Kleist, CBS News, 16 May 2026
  • The strikes have ramped up again in recent weeks.
    — ABC News, 8 May 2026
  • The strikes have ramped up again in recent weeks.
    — CBS News, 9 May 2026
  • In the past few weeks, there has been a clear ramping up.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 25 June 2026
  • Pin a squid strip or pork strip to ramp up flutter and scent.
    — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
  • In fact, the plushness only ramps up over use.
    — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 28 Apr. 2026
  • That just ramps up the pressure ahead of a midweek round of games.
    — Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
  • But the fire threat will ramp up again as everything dries out.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Efforts to crack down on streaming fraud have ramped up around the world.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2025
  • That money could be used to ramp up in-school testing even more.
    — Sarah Volpenhein, jsonline.com, 24 Feb. 2026
  • This year, that criticism has ramped up.
    — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Rivals have ramped up more steadily.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
  • Once public, it got hijacked by memesters who did their best to ramp it up overnight.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 June 2026
  • Both are expected to need the full three weeks to ramp back up to play speed and strength.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Still, the release is six months away and production has yet to ramp up.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Kanye West is ramping up his comeback.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
  • If the war in Iran ramps up again, that could be the defining feature.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 12 May 2026
  • Police are now ramping up patrols in the area.
    — Andrew Ramos, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Her pain had ceased, but our family’s pain was just ramping up.
    — Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
  • By December, though, things had ramped up.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026
  • Mindi's life ramped up into a series of stranger and stranger events.
    — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Nearly three years later, things have only ramped up.
    — Adam Ciralsky, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Trump ramped up the program in his first term to 150 agreements.
    — Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Denver tried to ramp up the tempo from there and got 3 yards on a Badie run.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The sequel ramps things up with an $80 million price tag and even more gory fight scenes.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 8 May 2026
  • Her set gave the crowd a chance to catch their breath before things ramped up again with Freeway.
    — Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 5 Oct. 2025

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