How to Use call-up in a Sentence

call-up

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  • Triple-A call-ups have coughed up runs late the last two games.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 2 July 2024
  • Playing in Triple-A offers the hope — for some, a fleeting one — of a big league call-up.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 6 May 2023
  • Joyce is the most recent of the Angels’ aggressive call-ups.
    — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2023
  • The timing of his call-up isn’t lost on Crow-Armstrong with 18 games left in the regular season.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2023
  • This marks the first time Trout has not been included in the rankings, not counting his brief major league call-up in 2011.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024
  • That performance earned Vázquez his first call-up to the U.S. national team, for whom he's earned eight caps and scored four goals this year.
    — Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2023
  • After the game resumed, call-up Nick Robertson pitched a perfect ninth.
    — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Russia’s new defense minister said there were no plans for a new mass call-up of troops.
    — Mari Saito, USA TODAY, 30 May 2024
  • One of those younger call-ups is Gibson, a sophomore blazing his trail at forward.
    — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Instead, a flight to Washington in the morning to join the Chicago Cubs awaited Amaya, who earned his first big-league call-up.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2023
  • Having allegedly helped Saint Laurent resist the army call-up in the past, the house now had no qualms about seeing him off.
    — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2024
  • But no matter if the call-ups are seen as hot-shots or depth pieces, the Giants, desperate for a spark, are now in a position to find one.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024
  • He has been elevated from the practice squad for the past two games, and the Dolphins have one more of those call-ups available to use on him Sunday.
    — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Rutledge — the Nationals’ 2019 first-round pick — was one of the team’s best young arms during spring training and seemed like a viable option to be among the team’s first call-ups.
    — Andrew Golden, Washington Post, 13 July 2024
  • Late-season call-up Evan Carter looks like the real deal, and top prospect Wyatt Langford is ready to provide more thunder.
    — Staff and Wire Reports, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Mar. 2024
  • Thompson arrived via an emergency call-up and played all 90 minutes in the second game against the Irish three days later.
    — Katie McInerney, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2023
  • The call-up amounts to nearly 4% of Israel’s population.
    — Jeremy Diamond, CNN, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Twenty-six umpires were assigned full spring training schedules last year, and 21 of those were assigned to the in-season call-up list.
    — Ben Walker and Ronald Blum, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2024
  • After looking lost in spring training, the hard-throwing righty put it together in a sudden call-up this week.
    — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Casey Schmitt appears close to a call-up if the team needs help at third or even shortstop, and another shortstop, Will Wilson, also had a strong camp.
    — Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Mar. 2023
  • How does the communication go between you and Chris Young or whoever else is involved on when a player is ready to get the call-up to the big league club?
    — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Been there before: Stars defenseman Thomas Harley, a late call-up this season, was in the lineup against Minnesota.
    — Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 18 Apr. 2023
  • For Jacob, having earned his first call-up barely a year after being drafted, those dreams are no longer dreams.
    — Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 19 July 2024
  • During his tenure as Skyforce coach, 21 of his players received NBA call-ups.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 16 July 2024
  • With the most Triple-A experience of this group, Westburg could be seen as the next man up after Henderson’s call-up late last season.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Nill talked about defenseman Thomas Harley, a late-season call-up who played in six games during the regular season, but 19 in the playoffs.
    — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 28 June 2023
  • The call-up age has been lowered from 27 to 25 but other parts of a mobilization bill are still struggling to pass through the Ukrainian parliament.
    — Tim Lister, CNN, 6 Apr. 2024
  • Before his first call-up, Andujar hadn’t hit more than 16 homers in a single minor-league season.
    — Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 2 July 2024
  • So has sophomore Reese Jordan, a junior varsity call-up who caught the coaching staff’s eye with her strong play at forward.
    — Shane Hoffmann | , oregonlive, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Granted, things looked bleak after Harris got the call-up, but now there’s more likable white dudes lined up in front of him than weekend cowboys at a Zach Bryan concert.
    — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2024
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call up

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  • For the tens of thousands of Israelis who volunteered or were called up to fight, the war in Gaza was seen not only seen as an act of self-defense but as an existential battle.
    — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Matos was the team’s No. 4 prospect when he was called up June 14.
    — Michael Wagaman, ajc, 24 June 2023
  • To fill his spot on the roster, the Twins called up Lee, the 23-year-old prospect.
    — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 3 July 2024
  • People would call up and ask agents to price out a trip all the time.
    — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Aug. 2023
  • The group take a deep dive on the Tigers' prospects and who might be getting called up this year.
    — Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Some think they may be called up to fight and want a useful skill.
    — Maria Varenikova, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2023
  • McLain got his ninth big league homer since he got called up in May.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 22 July 2023
  • The state could call up to 14 witnesses, and the defense could call up to 30.
    — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Donald Trump got on the phone, called up some folks in Congress, and said kill the bill.
    — Maya Marchel Hoff, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2024
  • Austyn Brielle Nakken was called up to the show yesterday!
    — Laurence Miedema, The Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2024
  • The protests stopped in a show of unity, and many demonstrators were called up to fight.
    — Shoshanna Solomon, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Apr. 2024
  • When Jimmy gets called up to coach the high school team, Mike steps in to coach for Jimmy.
    — Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The county can not just call up a company and tell them to come build.
    — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024
  • Pressing the bottom of the screen (at the 6 o'clock position) calls up the settings menu.
    — Eric Zeman, PCMAG, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Lletget was called up to play on the team again in 2021 for the Concacaf Gold Cup, and the team took home the trophy.
    — Nasha Smith, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2023
  • At this point, the Bengals might be forced to call up Isaiah Prince from the practice squad.
    — Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 15 Jan. 2023
  • Last, swiping from the left side of the screen calls up an album with all the content on the microSD card.
    — Eric Zeman, PCMAG, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Thomas, the principal, called up the school’s entire staff, name by name.
    — Alec MacGillis, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024
  • From the day he was called up for practice, on April 10, McAvoy shattered the learning curve.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Mar. 2023
  • On the other hand, if your calendar is clear, feel free to call up some pals and hit the town.
    — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2022
  • And even for righty Amos Willingham, who was called up to take Harvey’s spot in the bullpen.
    — Andrew Golden, Washington Post, 14 July 2024
  • Holmes called up each driver to answer to their charges before the judge.
    — Samantha Sunne, ProPublica, 16 Nov. 2023
  • After all these years, Rickwood is getting called up to the Big Show.
    — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 11 Aug. 2023
  • For some, the days of calling up friends and asking them to be in their wedding party are over.
    — Andrew Zucker, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2023
  • While Hall is one of the few prospects with the chance to be called up in September, that doesn’t mean the rest of the farm system should be ignored.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 22 Aug. 2023
  • There always was a call to make, a meeting to take, a player to call up or send down, bring in or ship out.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Since being called up to work out of the bullpen on July 1, the right-hander has yet to allow an earned run.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 22 July 2024
  • He was called up and sent back down five times until the middle of the 2012 season, when something clicked.
    — Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Rosario signed a minor league deal with the Braves late last week, and is now being called up for his second stint with the team.
    — Kendra Stanton Lee, Newsweek, 9 July 2024
  • Young players, some called up from the minors, already have made a big impact on the four teams still battling to go to the World Series.
    — Chuck Murr, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024

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