getting up

Example Sentences

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Cowgill recommends taking the stairs instead of the elevator and getting up every 30 minutes and moving around for a few minutes.

From Barron's • Jun. 27, 2026

Yet he also acknowledges that he’s getting up there.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

One cake shed community online said it was getting up to 400 new members on Facebook a week.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

In video clips of a portion of the incident, some of the audience is heard cheering and clapping while others sit stone-faced in their seats, and many are seen getting up and leaving.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

“Okay, fine, Miss Thang,” Hana says, getting up.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée