well up
Example Sentences
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Her fingers constantly twist a tissue as she tries to maintain her composure and she gazes into the distance as tears well up behind her glasses.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Annual inflation jumped to 4.1% in the second quarter, well up from 3.1% in the first quarter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Demand, Pollstar said, is still well up since 2019.
From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026
The prospect of authorities stepping into financial markets saw the dollar retreat across the board, with the euro, pound and South Korean won also well up while the Singapore dollar hit an 11-year high.
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
In the school bus from Tembisa, reading the gruesome accounts of what took place in Soweto in the late afternoon edition of the World, I felt hate and anger well up inside me.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
