How to Use pack up in a Sentence

pack up

verb
  • And there are many items which have been packed up for decades or longer.
    — Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • Five months later, Ebbecke packed up her life and moved across the world.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 2 June 2026
  • The men loaded their drones into their trucks, broke down the tent, packed up the gear.
    — Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
  • And the jacket packs up into its own pocket for easy packing when not in use.
    — Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 10 July 2026
  • Kate packed up her art supplies and let Emily escort her back to the door.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
  • For some, the only real solution might be to pack up and leave.
    — Esha Mitra, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Many pack up and move to low-tax states such as Florida and Texas.
    — Andy Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The process will likely involve packing up all the items and sending them off.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 28 June 2026
  • Dressing, packing up and even practicing how to ask for help all count.
    — Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The announcement sent vendors rushing to pack up years' worth of work.
    — Briseida Holguin, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Practice rarely ended when everyone else packed up their gear.
    — Latif Love june 26, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2026
  • Later, there might be friends dropping by or a meal packed up for an elderly neighbor.
    — Julie Jordan, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 June 2026
  • In most places, getting recalled means packing up your office and handing over the keys.
    — Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 19 June 2026
  • There’s nothing like packing up a cooler full of snacks and spending a couple of hours by the shore.
    — Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2026
  • Come summer, Kelly would pack up and head to Balmoral with the queen.
    — Katie Nicholl, Vanity Fair, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The twist is that, while packing up his stuff, Corbin actually breaks down in tears.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 6 July 2026
  • Hopefully, these GMs will wise up before they’re told to pack up their stuff.
    — Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026
  • After that, it had been packed up in the Hugheses’ basement for the past four years.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 6 Apr. 2026
  • And when the guy is maybe 20 meters away, the cameraman packs up the camera and runs away.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 July 2026
  • Investigators found no signs that the couple was packing up for a move.
    — ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Strayed, after facing immense loss in her personal life, packs up her things and takes to the mountains.
    — The Week Us, TheWeek, 31 July 2026
  • At one point, Jelly Roll packed up his and his daughter's things and left without a goodbye.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 17 June 2026
  • Though most fans packed up and left the park within minutes, many of the Turkish supporters stuck around.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2026
  • The negative attention in recent months has prompted some tenants to pack up and leave.
    — Jason Henry, Daily News, 15 Mar. 2026
  • On warm days, pack up a picnic basket with this Macaroni Salad and head to the park.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2026
  • As the team began packing up with no sign of him, Chesney appeared — walking toward them on his own terms.
    — Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Soon after, Sean packed up his truck and drove across the country to help Emily move to Georgia.
    — Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
  • There is a generous middle ground between playing rental-kitchen roulette and packing up everything but the kitchen sink.
    — Emma Laperruque, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The family spent most of the day and night in a nearby park, returning to their room only long enough to pack up and flee after midnight.
    — George Packer, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Every summer, my partner and I pack up our London life and move to Denmark.
    — Stephanie Gavan, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 July 2026

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