How to Use soup up in a Sentence

soup up

verb
  • Don't mix up this bright green soup up with its split pea cousin.
    — Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Read on to learn exactly how to soup up that morning shot.
    — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Warm a batch of this creamy soup up on a chilly night and pop in a few biscuits to finish the meal.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 11 Feb. 2026
  • For freezing, prepare the soup up to the point of shredding and adding chicken back in.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Panay laid out his vision of Alexa+, the latest souped up AI version of Alexa.
    — Arjun Kharpal,kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 3 July 2026
  • It had been conceived by one Trevor and souped up by another, both of them newcomers and one not even an official member.
    — Andy Cush, Pitchfork, 9 May 2026
  • A lot of utility can come from souping up your Camry, but no amount of tweaking will turn it into a Ferrari.
    — Cal Newport, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2025
  • The series chronicled Sparks, Kiley, Hoskins, and Stuart repairing and souping up pickup trucks.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Under his meticulous care, the gleaming red sports car has been souped up to generate 400-horsepower turbo performance, but retains much of the original features and feel.
    — Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The hurricane center’s forecast model, the Global Forecast System, has also been souped up to provide hourly guidance to meteorologists up to five days out.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 3 June 2026
  • Soon the company had unveiled o3-mini, o3-mini-high, o4-mini, o4-mini-high, and o3-pro, each of which was souped up with a bespoke combination of post-training techniques.
    — Cal Newport, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Much like the Men’s Cloudmonster, the On Women’s Cloudmonster Void are souped up with maximum cushioning—these truly feel like walking on a cloud.
    — Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 20 Dec. 2025
  • Energy from this astrophysical engine sets the surrounding ejected gas aglow, souping up the supernova’s luminosity and longevity.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 11 Mar. 2026

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