How to Use top up in a Sentence

top up

verb
Definition of top upnext
  • And with the top up, there’s the occasional creak and groan.
    — Steve Siler, Car and Driver, 16 Feb. 2018
  • Pull the top up and open it around the shoulders to show a little bit more skin in that area.
    — Glamour, 26 Mar. 2019
  • At 75 mph, even with the top up, the roar drowns out everything else.
    — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 20 July 2022
  • With the top up, there's enough room to fit golf clubs inside the Portofino's trunk.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 25 Jan. 2023
  • The Touring, with a sleek black body, was all steel, reaching a height of 7 feet with the top up.
    — Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 5 Nov. 2020
  • To top up a busy week, Clay and I went and joined friends for a fun gathering of food and fun.
    — Janet Carson, Arkansas Online, 31 July 2022
  • Steph performed the captain's role of topping up the ice.
    — SI.com, 6 June 2019
  • Battery life is rated at up to 24 hours and it can be used to top up the charge on a smartphone.
    — Brad Moon, Forbes, 12 June 2021
  • Short bursts of checking top up levels that have waned.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes, 14 June 2021
  • Memphis’ Ja Morant, considered one of the top up-and-coming lead guards in the league.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Oct. 2021
  • With the top up and windows down, the McLaren still manages a summer airiness.
    — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 18 May 2022
  • On the return trip, overnight at Nankoweap Creek, and be sure to top up your water bottles for the last 10.6 dry miles back to the rim.
    — Robert Earle Howells, National Geographic, 12 June 2019
  • Doing that takes just six minutes to top up the battery pack.
    — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Use it to top up your phone during the day, or use the USB-A port on the back to recharge another device.
    — Wired, 11 July 2022
  • With the top up, the car is very rigid, with no detectable cowl shake or wiggling on any surface.
    — Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Place each piece on a parchment square, rounded top up.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2020
  • Dress this top up, or dress this top down depending on your mood.
    — Felicity Carter, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2021
  • In fact, there is a large chunk of sellers who have full-time jobs and use Amazon to top up their income on the side.
    — Omer Riaz, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2021
  • The coming months provide a window of time to top up savings.
    — Julia Carpenter, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2020
  • Udoka is considered one of the top up and coming coaches in the league.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2022
  • With the top up, this car has considerably more wind-rush noise than the others.
    — Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 19 Aug. 2023
  • But those tend to lose charge if not topped up and discharged frequently.
    — Anna Hirtenstein, Bloomberg.com, 5 Sep. 2017
  • They can be topped up from a normal bank account or a credit card.
    — The Economist, 7 Sep. 2017
  • The bank has topped up provisions and sold off a chunk of its riskier credit-card balances in the U.S.
    — Stephen Morris, Bloomberg.com, 25 Oct. 2017
  • Mix Campari, red vermouth, and lemon juice and top up with sparkling water.
    — Per and Britt Karlsson, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Household incomes were topped up to cover the cost of living.
    — Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2014
  • Save your self a step Easter day by making the lemon curd topping up to two weeks in advance.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2024
  • With the top up, road noise is minimal but the cabin can feel tight due to the high belt line and wide center console.
    — Robert Duffer, chicagotribune.com, 3 July 2017
  • An optional 8-A fast charger is available that could top up both batteries in around 4-6 hours.
    — Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Cash is still required to top up a public transit card in Buenos Aires subway station kiosks, though digital refill options exist too.
    — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2024

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