How to Use give up in a Sentence

give up

verb
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  • Some experts have come to believe that the natural 2NT response is too valuable a bid to give up.
    — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 31 July 2024
  • According to Lamar, the trade group hasn’t given up hope for some movement on the issue in 2024.
    — Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 1 Aug. 2024
  • The Ravens lead the NFL in sacks and are second in points given up.
    — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2023
  • Still, Jackie gave up her job in the U.K. to move to Toronto.
    — Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Don’t give up; this is just the start of a bull run—forward and upward!
    — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Rubble spilled across the road, giving up plumes of dust.
    — WIRED, 25 Oct. 2023
  • So, if the number on the scale doesn't change right away, don't give up—keep going.
    — Sarah Felbin, Women's Health, 18 Apr. 2023
  • And the Kremlin long ago gave up caring about its image in the West.
    — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Miller gave up five runs and four hits in 1 ⅔ innings against the Cubs in Wrigley Field on April 5.
    — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024
  • Nothing works overnight and progress can be slow—but don't give up.
    — Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 28 Aug. 2023
  • It’s been two months since he’s given up more than three.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 21 July 2023
  • But Ralat didn’t give up on selling the magazine on the idea.
    — Forrest Brown, CNN, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Dobbs has given up five total turnovers and five sacks the last two games.
    — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Glasnow gave up a one-out single to Winker and a two-out walk to Gallo in the fifth.
    — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
  • My mom gave up everything for me and had, like, three jobs.
    — Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The club conceded a corner 30 seconds in and gave up a goal in the first minute.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 28 Apr. 2024
  • The 10 seconds of silliness is not worth the risk of giving up your data.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Getting out and giving up runs and hits are routine parts of it.
    — Stephen Borelli, USA TODAY, 10 July 2023
  • The Cowboys also gave up a seventh-round draft pick in 2025.
    — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Apr. 2024
  • Who wants to give up a below-3% mortgage rate for one that’s edging closer to 8%?
    — Alena Botros, Fortune, 26 Apr. 2024
  • The Lakers have lost all three games to the Kings, giving up an average of 129 points per game.
    — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Smith, one of the baby boomers who never gave up the good fight, still has plenty to scream about.
    — Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Let someone else do that if need be, but don’t give up on yourself.
    — Annie Daly, Allure, 9 July 2024
  • The gangly lefty gave up his first hit with two outs in the third, worked out of a two-on, no-out jam in the fourth and stranded two more in the sixth.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 13 June 2024
  • Israel has given up its fourth place from last year to Sweden and is now fifth.
    — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Dillon Tate gave up a run on a groundout by Nico Hoerner in the ninth.
    — Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 10 July 2024
  • For the third game in a row, however, the Rams gave up costly explosive plays.
    — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The defense was exposed, giving up two goals in the first 13 minutes and four overall.
    — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The Warriors would play rough, would play sharp defense, and refuse to give up double-digit goals.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 22 July 2023
  • The Wave hold just two picks in Friday’s four-round draft, in part because of what the club gave up to acquire van Egmond two years ago.
    — Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Jan. 2024

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