turn up

Example Sentences

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A pair of young men turned up one night looking through the windows until a nearby business owner walked up to them and asked them to leave.

From Salon

Conservationists said it was "concerning" to find so many of the country's "most loved birds" turning up dead months before they were set to return to Scottish shores.

From BBC

Shelley Cowlin, whose home of 48 years in Thorpeness, Suffolk, was demolished in January, said tourists turning up to witness other people's suffering and even steal items from their gardens were "sick".

From BBC

Coal’s heart beat so hard he had to turn up the volume to hear what his mother was saying.

From Literature

Derrick’s friend, Pam Jacobson, 69, noted that even in her predominantly-white suburb, Lino Lakes—some 30 miles outside the city—ICE agents had turned up in search of her Hmong neighbor.

From The Wall Street Journal