bang up
Example Sentences
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Layton maintains a simmering tension throughout, demonstrating a commitment to gritty SoCal locations, a few bang-up action sequences and nifty reveals.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026
The Old Prioress, who precedes Lidoine as the order’s Mother Superior, comes to a grisly end early in the opera, with a bang-up death scene that some singers approach with Meryl Streep-like meticulousness.
From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2023
Instead, it does a bang-up job in selling Smith as flawed, still lovable and therefore marketable.
From Salon • Dec. 14, 2022
The important thing for Meadows, like Trump, is fame maintenance, and he’s doing a bang-up job at it.
From Slate • Apr. 16, 2022
“Well, you were doing a bang-up job of it,” she said.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.