How to Use stickup in a Sentence

stickup

1 of 2 noun
  • He pulled out a gun and shouted, “This is a stickup!”.
  • No injuries have been reported or arrests made in any of the dozen stickups.
    — oregonlive, 26 Feb. 2020
  • Cadillac Richie was more of a kind of independent, stickup kid.
    — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2024
  • There was an average of almost one bank stickup every other weekday.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Her ex-boyfriend, who’d held the gun during the stickup and pleaded guilty to armed robbery—a more serious felony—was sentenced to four.
    — Lauren Smiley, Wired, 8 Mar. 2022
  • Moore pointed out that robberies were down about 10%, but a greater percentage of those stickups involved firearms.
    — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The amateurish stickup failed, fast.
    — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Both stickups were captured on surveillance video released Wednesday.
    — Tonya Alanez, Sun-Sentinel.com, 4 Oct. 2017
  • During the stickup, the gunmen killed a security guard, Peter Paige.
    — New York Times, 1 May 2022
  • Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said the gambling that police worry about is open-air dice games that can lead to stickups or shootings.
    — John Keilman, chicagotribune.com, 18 June 2019
  • Police initially linked the 7-Eleven stickup to Collier’s killing but later backed away from that theory.
    — Michele McPhee, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2018
  • The long prison sentence that resulted from the hotel-room stickup brought a measure of satisfaction to some of those who thought Simpson got away with murder.
    — Ken Ritter, The Seattle Times, 21 July 2017
  • According to Cleveland Police, the players had jewelry and a truck taken during the early morning stickup.
    — Tom Withers, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2023
  • Two brothers with a Hell or High Water dynamic take a disgraced doctor and his family hostage and force him to operate on one of the bros who’s been shot in a stickup gone wrong.
    — Donald Liebenson, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2021
  • The stickup happened Saturday steps from the boy's home in Monroe, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) southeast of Charlotte.
    — Fox News, 6 Aug. 2018
  • After a string of armed robberies at Denver dispensaries, employees are worried about another stickup, Tiney Ricciardi reports.
    — The Denver Post, 26 Jan. 2020
  • Listen to this article A brazen robber who shot a wall during a Brooklyn store stickup was linked to the violent heist by the chunky diamond earrings adorning his earlobes, federal prosecutors allege.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 24 Mar. 2024

stick up

2 of 2 verb
  • So too are those places where rocky mountains stick up through the ice.
    — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Booker stuck up his right hand, calling for the ball.
    — Doug Haller, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
  • One foot on the chair with the knee sticking up over the table.
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2026
  • On his, the skeletal ribs of a derelict ship stick up from the water.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2022
  • The tip of the peak should flop back over onto itself rather than stick up straight.
    — Samantha MacAvoy, Good Housekeeping, 22 Oct. 2021
  • One man lay crushed under the wreck of a car, his legs sticking up in the air.
    — Balint Szlanko, Fox News, 13 Apr. 2018
  • But like Ayesha said, many fans already knew this and stuck up for the singer.
    — Noelle Devoe, Seventeen, 3 May 2017
  • His coach and a teammate got kicked out of the game trying to stick up for him.
    — ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Because somebody has to stick up for the worst people in the world.
    — David Marchese, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2022
  • The rapper appears halfway through the skit to stick up for her friend.
    — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 20 May 2018
  • People look out and stick up for one another.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
  • In the film, Ryan tells fans not to worry about sticking up for them.
    — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2023
  • If fishing rods are sticking up, lower them as well.
    — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 27 May 2026
  • Jonathan Gitlin Note the door handles that stick up and out from the side.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 5 July 2024
  • The Tennesseans felt the need to stick up for their country, right or wrong.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Place two pieces of Texas toast flat on a plate and stand two pieces sticking up around the sides.
    — Kathryn Gregory, Louisville Courier Journal, 25 Nov. 2025
  • And a lot of that is due to Judy too for sticking up and saying it must be changed.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 3 Dec. 2019
  • Firefighters used wedges of wood to spread the rollers enough to free the man, whose hand was stuck up to his wrist.
    — Wayne K. Roustan, Sun-Sentinel.com, 7 July 2018
  • Your shoulders and hips shouldn’t be sagging, and your butt shouldn’t be sticking up in the air.
    — Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
  • And the claws from her dad come out and Kelly has the bravery to try and stick up for her.
    — Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 28 July 2022
  • The remains of the old stamp mill, where ore was crushed to extract gold, stick up on the hillside.
    — Graham Averill, Outside, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Ben Stiller stuck up for Adam Scott in a way he's never known.
    — Esther Kang, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Click here to find out who got canceled for sticking up for Israel.
    — Staff, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Is Leach just sticking up for his quarterback, or is there truth to it?
    — oregonlive, 21 Nov. 2019
  • The one who taught Onwuachi how to stick up for himself against bullies.
    — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2022
  • But also getting a stick up your nose every morning is not the best way to start your day.
    — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Emilio stuck up for him and took the shoes, brand-new Jordans, right off his feet and gave them to the kid.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026
  • Some urge their peers to stick up for themselves, while others snap back that a union won’t improve their lives.
    — New York Times, 18 Feb. 2021
  • The shot appeared to be going over the net and Eichel put his stick up to deflect it.
    — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
  • The drivers said Schmutzer would stick up for them, and protest how they were being treated.
    — Matt McFarland, CNN, 22 Sep. 2021

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