How to Use pair up in a Sentence

pair up

phrasal verb
Definition of pair upnext
  • This marks just the latest time the pop star, 33, and Donna paired up to watch the Chiefs.
    — Lindsay Kimble, Peoplemag, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Like bridge, the classic staple, the game is played among four players paired up in teams.
    — Fox News, 28 Aug. 2023
  • And Antonio, for his part, pairs up with Alex’s ex Kat Shelton.
    — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The lighted acrylic plaque makes a special gift on its own or paired up with the couple’s favorite bottle of wine.
    — Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Two of her children attend the sibling night while her son, Michael, 8, is paired up in the special needs program.
    — Linda Friedel, Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Ohio State paired up those difference-makers three years ago, and now they’re all poised to play their best football.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 1 Sep. 2023
  • There, she is paired up with by-the-book David (Paevey) to work on an exhibit opening right before Christmas.
    — EW.com, 20 Oct. 2023
  • In chess, which for decades now has been dominated by A.I., a player’s only hope is pairing up with a bot.
    — James Somers, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The video shows student volunteers who were paired up, one set sitting on chairs while the others laid down below them and licked peanut butter off of their toes.
    — Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 2 Mar. 2024
  • The silly, lovable heroines at the heart of this satire are mostly paired up anyway—but what's to stop them from hunting for husband number two?
    — Chloe Schama, Vogue, 12 Jan. 2024
  • However, this means that the excitons can pair up with equally slow-moving phonons.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 6 Nov. 2023
  • The luxury department has this stretchy and warm pair up for grabs that'll easily get you through the chilliest days of fall and winter.
    — Andrea Navarro, Glamour, 6 Oct. 2023
  • She’ll likely be paired up front with Catalina Usme, Colombia’s all-time leading scorer.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2023
  • In an attempt to solve two problems at once — and fully aware of the sport’s therapeutic powers — Dr. Burke orders the flailing Colter to pair up with Ike to teach him to fly fish.
    — Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2023
  • That was the thing that was most exciting to me: pairing up characters who had never been seen together.
    — George Gene Gustines, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The Canadian hip hop star paired up with 21 Savage on the controversial album Her Loss, which was released last year.
    — Michael Murney, Chron, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Monique paired up with a fellow shelter resident named Cindy who often had outbursts or said bizarre things to people.
    — Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 22 July 2023
  • Valentine's Day arrives at Sherman Oaks, and the school attempts to find the perfect match by pairing up the most compatible students.
    — Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 7 June 2023
  • After examining the offspring count for all 236 males, the researchers found that the more times a monkey paired up with a fellow male, the higher his offspring count tended to be.
    — Gina Errico, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2023
  • But what makes these hearing aids even more impressive is that Sony paired up with hearing aid experts while designing them.
    — Sherri Gordon, Verywell Health, 11 Jan. 2024
  • But their customers might be pairing up coffee with a pastry, which increases the average check.
    — Gary Stern, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • In a 2017 interview with ESPN, the couple explained that they were paired up together during one of the dances and exchanged names afterward.
    — Kara Warner, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023
  • The account mistakenly claimed that the students were paired up with adults in the activity, however.
    — Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 2 Mar. 2024
  • The doll is usually paired up with her plastic husband, Allan Sherwood (who will be played by Michael Cera in the film), and has an attachable pregnant belly, which appears in the film.
    — Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 7 July 2023
  • Tends to get overshadowed at international events: is paired up with Sandin-Pellikka and just leaves all the puckhandling to him.
    — Kyle Woodlief, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
  • Mostra pairs up with other businesses to get its coffee recognized far beyond San Diego.
    — Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The contents included a screen capture apparently from Omegle, an online chat service that pairs up users via video.
    — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 26 Jan. 2024
  • In some cases, directors will pair up with their counterparts within the company.
    — Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 10 May 2023
  • The birds are currently pairing up and exhibiting courtship behaviors.
    — Paul Smith, Journal Sentinel, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Nike samples are traditionally made as single half-pairs, making the complete pairs up for grabs extremely rare.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2023

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