Appearance
Use device theme  
Dark theme
Light theme

How to use act up in a sentence

Looking for sentences with "act up"? Here are some examples.

Sentence Examples
Lloyd says that a dip in the quality of teaching meant that some usually well-behaved primary school pupils began to act up.
Later, her mom told me that she had an impacted wisdom tooth which was just starting to act up, and which I had helped to make go away.
The walk did me a power of good, though, and my legs didn't act up even to the last.
I don't think psychologists have to deal with their own computers when they start to act up.
So at school I used to act up and get into trouble, and then I'd go home to my mum and start crying because I thought the teacher didn't like me.
The head of the school says the children were encouraged to act up for the cameras.
To the extent that he had greater experience that was because he had been allowed to act up on the retirement of Ms Herman.
As reported last month, the unofficial action involves firefighters across London refusing to act up as officers.
Some kids act up or throw tantrums, while some develop physical symptoms such as headaches or insomnia.
My throat burned and I could hear myself wheezing, my asthma slowly starting to act up.
Having a previously unknown twin sister sneak into the picture would cause anyone to act up.
When screaming schoolyard bullies act up, the teacher often isolates them in a corner, forcing them to reflect upon their actions.
For instance, this morning I wanted to print some details for Mike and Joan's travel insurance and the printer started to act up, Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
And the rank and file essentially went to the union and said, look, we've got to clean our act up, and we want to play on a straight playing field.
Most of the parents, I would say, are quite good parents, because their kids are very polite, they're very good, they don't act up.
This is an ideal occasion for a time-out, which shows children you'll ignore them if they act up.
When kids start to settle in a placement, after a while they go through an attachment crisis, start to act up and people immediately want to move the kid.
For a 75 year old veteran whose leg has started to act up because of an old war wound, speedy processing of his application becomes a major preoccupation.
By the time ACT UP came around to deal with the inertia, it seemed like a raging inevitability that hit with the force of a blaze.
However, the activism of groups like ACT UP was beginning to have unforeseen effects.
Show More Sentences
Examples from Classical Literature
Yet although he may not act up to it undeviatingly, it stands, nevertheless, for the ideal he realises that he should reach.
Those whose hearts are pure do not act up to the enticement of the wicked.
Once sure of that, and where women are concerned it is not easy, the next is, to act up to the decision.
Find more words!
Use * for blank tiles (max 2) Advanced Search Advanced Search
Use * for blank spaces Advanced Search
Advanced Word Finder

See Also

Nearby Words
Find Sentences
go
Word Tools Finders & Helpers Apps More Synonyms
Copyright WordHippo © 2024