How to Use shut up in a Sentence

shut up

verb
  • Dude, just leave — or stay and shut up!
    — William Earl, Variety, 26 June 2026
  • The agents told him to ‘shut up’ four times.
    — Ryan Oehrli march 6, Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The idea of like, shut up, suck it up thing.
    — H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
  • But that man turned around, shut up and strapped on his mask.
    — Alex Connor, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2021
  • The love that once dared not speak its name now can’t shut up.
    — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 22 Mar. 2025
  • That tom gobbled once more and shut up.
    — Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 2 Apr. 2026
  • And here you are shut up in this little cage.
    — Ron Arias, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Some are quiet, and some won’t shut up.
    — Jared Weiss, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Some are quiet, and some won’t shut up.
    — Jared Weiss, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
  • But the only way to shut up his doubters is to win.
    — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • So maybe shut up about AI and jobs?
    — Josh Tyrangiel, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
  • His colleagues would tell him to shut up and gain some weight.
    — The Economist, 4 July 2019
  • Time to quit talking about awards won or lost and put up or shut up.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 25 May 2022
  • Go to court, stop tweeting and put up or shut up in front of the judges.
    — CBS News, 20 Apr. 2025
  • For God's sake, shut up and send us somebody.
    — NBC news, 24 Aug. 2025
  • My parents taught me how to shut up and listen.
    — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 26 Dec. 2025
  • Dak Prescott shut up all his critics – at least for one week.
    — Dallas News, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Joe Biden telling trump to shut up is the highlight of my week.
    — Sonia Ramirez, Houston Chronicle, 30 Sep. 2020
  • The colonel told it to shut up, and pushed himself from the table.
    — Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2020
  • Trump still hasn’t learned to shut up and try to be civilized.
    — George Skelton, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Trump still hasn’t learned to shut up and try to be civilized.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Your neighbors won’t be banging on the walls telling you to shut up.
    — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The challenge is to learn to use with freedom the cage we’re shut up in.
    — Elena Ferrante, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2022
  • Get it out of your system, and then shut up and never say it again.
    — Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Church members are trained at that point to shut up and raise our hands and go along with it.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Nov. 2020
  • The healthiest thing both sides can do now is shut up about it and move on.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Even when the houselights dim mid-overture some of them still don’t shut up.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
  • The dad in me needed to shut up and support his kid on the slow walk to the car.
    — David Haugh, chicagotribune.com, 15 June 2018
  • Part of healing for me has been to shut up and let my mind just be a single mind.
    — Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 5 Aug. 2025
  • So that’s the biggest plan, is get a vet, just be a rookie, shut up and work.
    — C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 16 May 2025

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