start-up

Example Sentences

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The engine coughs and barks, but it starts up.

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He started up the narrow corkscrew stairs, and as he mounted so did his spirits.

From Literature

Miss Myrt dying practically on the eve of school starting up.

From Literature

‘I’m coming!’ he shouted, pulling himself out an starting up the slope.

From Literature

She crossed the front part of the store and peered through the open doorway to the workroom, where a juddering noise of mechanical equipment had started up.

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