How to Use upvote in a Sentence

upvote

1 of 2 noun
  • That would get a ton of upvotes.
    — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 16 Jan. 2026
  • The comment got hundreds of upvotes.
    — Aldo Toledo, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The post has since garnered 59,000 upvotes.
    — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Since it was published, the post has received more than 32,000 upvotes.
    — Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
  • For Reddit’s human users, a system of upvotes and downvotes often works to push spam posts out of view.
    — Will Oremus, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026
  • The post reached 616 upvotes and 66 comments as of Tuesday.
    — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Her post has gone viral on Reddit, clocking up over 7,200 upvotes.
    — Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The post on r/kansascity gained close to 1,000 upvotes and 40 comments.
    — Kansas City Star, 22 June 2026
  • The clip has amassed 18,000 upvotes and thousands of comments in the r/whatisit subreddit.
    — Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The post quickly gathered over 116 upvotes and 98 comments on the platform.
    — Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025
  • At the time of writing, the post has received 4,700 upvotes and over 200 comments.
    — Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025
  • At the time of writing, the post has received 2,400 upvotes and over 400 comments.
    — Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The post garnered more than 28,000 upvotes in the subreddit r/awesome.
    — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The post, shared to the popular subreddit r/aww, has since garnered more than 3,300 upvotes.
    — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
  • At the time of writing, the post has 17,000 upvotes and over 2,000 comments.
    — Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
  • At the time of writing, the post has received over 4,000 upvotes and hundreds of commenters who weighed in with their advice.
    — Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
  • The post reached over 15,000 upvotes and 325 comments as of Monday.
    — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
  • What unfolded garnered more than 3,300 upvotes in the subreddit r/coach.
    — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
  • The post of their impressive find quickly racked up more than 3,000 upvotes in the subreddit r/handbags.
    — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
  • The post has since gone viral, earning more than 9,000 upvotes and over 1,200 comments.
    — Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The owner's post has gone viral with 11,000 upvotes, sparking a wide range of reactions to the dog's unique look.
    — Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The post has garnered over 3,400 upvotes and hundreds of comments since it was first shared in late September.
    — Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Their post, which has received nearly 6,000 upvotes, drew empathy from readers.
    — Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • At the time of writing, the post has received over 6,500 upvotes and almost 300 comments.
    — Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The post quickly gained traction, receiving over 2,700 upvotes.
    — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The post quickly went viral, receiving more than 7,000 upvotes and hundreds of comments.
    — Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The video quickly went viral on social media and has so far received over 3,200 upvotes and dozens of comments on the platform.
    — Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The post earned over 36,000 upvotes as fellow Redditors weighed-in with their own wild theories.
    — Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The post, which has received 41,000 upvotes, perfectly captures the chaotic process of cat bonding.
    — Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Aug. 2025
  • The post has amassed almost 100,000 upvotes since it was posted on October 1.
    — Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025

upvote

2 of 2 verb
  • At the time of writing, his post, which included the letter, has been upvoted 58,000 times.
    — Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025
  • And instead of human users, AI agents are the ones creating posts, writing comments, and upvoting or downvoting content.
    — Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 3 Feb. 2026
  • On the site, AI agents can interact with other AI agents — posting, commenting, upvoting and downvoting posts — while their human creators sit on the sidelines and watch.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
  • In 2016, the government decided to take policy debates to an online platform called vTaiwan, which let people discuss legislative recommendations — like how to regulate online sales of alcohol — and upvote them.
    — Richard Nieva, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Reddit u/ItsMeYourNeighbors Reddit users had a big reaction, upvoting the image more than 13,000 times, as hundreds of commenters theorized over what could have happened.
    — Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025

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