How to Use up-and-down in a Sentence

up-and-down

1 of 2 adjective

• It’s been that type of up-and-down season for the Heat.
  — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2024
• Dern has had an up-and-down run with the UFC over the past four years.
  — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
• This year has been more up-and-down for the 27-year-old Venezuelan.
  — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 30 July 2025
• The issue is their up-and-down play has led to a record under .500.
  — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
• He’s had an up-and-down season in his first year in New York.
  — James L. Edwards Iii, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
• Pain, love, struggles, up-and-down life, the journey of life.
  — Fred Bronson, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
• Saint Mary's and VCU should be an up-and-down gain with a classic 5-12 feel.
  — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2023
• Players move among four cones in a side-to-side, and up-and-down pattern.
  — Ramon Padilla, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
• Like much of this Jayhawks squad, Adams has had a very up-and-down season.
  — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 12 Feb. 2025
• This occurs when the fan’s head moves in a side-to-side or up-and-down direction.
  — Nor'adila Hepburn, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2024
• The New Shepard rocket blasted off on the quick up-and-down trip from West Texas.
  — Marcia Dunn, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
• Choose side-to-side or up-and-down doors to conserve the most kitchen countertop space.
  — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2023
• The up-and-down spirals seem more detailed and pronounced.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 2024
• That’s added up to an up-and-down offense and more free-wheeling than straight lace from Nix.
  — Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2024
• How are investors playing tech in an up-and-down year for the market?
  — Meredith Mutter, CNBC, 23 June 2025
• The 6-foot-7 Seattle native has had an up-and-down start to his career at UConn.
  — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2025
• Amid the up-and-down action, Green picked up a technical foul.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2024
• Cody Bradford had an up-and-down rookie season as a starter for the Texas Rangers.
  — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2024
• Still, the recently up-and-down Commanders are in the mix for the playoffs.
  — Christiaan Defranco, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Dec. 2024
• So far so good for Sale Chris Sale came out of his up-and-down session unscathed.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Feb. 2023
• However, Zhou has had an up-and-down two and a half seasons in F1.
  — Sam Joseph, CNN, 20 July 2024
• Since then, Burns has had an up-and-down run with the promotion, going 3-3.
  — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
• Even this year was somewhat up-and-down before the 4 Nations break.
  — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 1 May 2025
• In the face of these up-and-down trends, those in the industry remain optimistic about the year ahead.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2023
• Holland’s career has been up-and-down since the highlight-reel win over Souza.
  — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
• Holland’s career has been up-and-down since the highlight-reel win over Souza.
  — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
• Moniak needed support from both his dad and his grandpa during his up-and-down career with the Phillies.
  — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2026
• Part of the team’s up-and-down depth, Jacob can be recalled and optioned back to the minors for more times.
  — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
• Ayton has had an up-and-down season despite playing in a career-high 72 games.
  — Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 17 Apr. 2026
• The up-and-down offense may be starting to even out, and Wednesday’s outing was a good sign.
  — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026

up and down

2 of 2 adverb

• The tail can fan out, and move up and down and side-to-side.
  — Rob Verger, Popular Science, 28 Oct. 2020
• But the rest of the Rams special teams have been up and down.
  — Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2021
• The view here extends miles out to sea and up and down the coast.
  — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 12 June 2020
• The pods spin around the arms, while the arms rotate and move up and down around the base.
  — Charles Infosino, The Enquirer, 1 Apr. 2022
• Upright Hoovers are heavy and hard to move up and down the stairs.
  — Simon Books, chicagotribune.com, 10 Apr. 2021
• But a Scotch egg, a common treat in pubs up and down the land?
  — Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2020
• Time is still, for the most part, shifting back and forth and up and down.
  — David G. Allan, CNN, 6 Aug. 2020
• The Huskies’ bench play has been up and down all season.
  — Shreyas Laddha, courant.com, 12 Mar. 2022
• Younger players up and down the bench will have to show up and play well.
  — Jeff McDonald, ExpressNews.com, 13 June 2020
• Instead, just keep it pressed and swipe up and down to zoom in and out.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 3 Feb. 2022
• Under Reich, the Colts have been up and down in the red zone.
  — Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Sep. 2021
• This season, his first as the full-time starter, was up and down.
  — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 18 Dec. 2020
• The clues of what the pandemic had wrought were up and down our street.
  — Chico Harlan, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2020
• Lower the quilt into the tub and push it up and down with your hands.
  — oregonlive, 15 Oct. 2020
• The dog jumped up and down, spun around in circles, and ran 20 feet ahead of them, Haack said.
  — Eduardo Medina, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2022
• The two used the ropes to climb up and down the cliff, ferrying water and grain to the horse.
  — oregonlive, 26 Aug. 2022
• The bullpen was supposed to be one of the team’s strengths but has been up and down all season.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2022
• Connect the meter across the switch contacts and flip the switch up and down.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 29 Mar. 2022
• There were blue lights up and down the road as these shootings took place.
  — Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 29 Mar. 2022
• The Democrats have been up and down — win a game, lose a game — in January.
  — oregonlive, 25 Jan. 2022
• On this night, there were more fans, thanks to Gov. Mike DeWine's variance, and the play was up and down.
  — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 7 Mar. 2021
• The species is found up and down the Pacific Coast and can grow as long as 100 feet.
  — Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Dec. 2021
• Be sure to move side to side as well as up and down as in the last exercise.
  — Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health, 18 Apr. 2022
• As a spectacle this event has gone up and down over the years.
  — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 1 Sep. 2021
• Beaches up and down the coast were packed over the weekend.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2022
• Jump up and down, do a few jumping jacks, twist side to side, run in place.
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 25 Jan. 2022
• Pedal up and down gentle slopes with changing scenes; lush green trees transition to sweeping pastoral views.
  — Sarah Miller, Midwest Living, 29 Apr. 2026
• So, credit to everybody up and down the list.
  — Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
• As April nears an end, Shomon recently discussed some of the offensive progress up and down the lineup.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
• The beatboxer was canceled, but the DJ was not, nor was the tequila cart that shuttled up and down the long room.
  — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 26 Apr. 2026