Sentence examples for cuffed up from inspiring English sources

The phrase "cuffed up" does not make sense on its own and is not a correct part of a sentence in written English.
However, "cuffed" and "up" can be used separately in a sentence. Example 1: She cuffed the sleeves of her shirt up to her elbows. Example 2: The police officer cuffed the suspect's hands behind his back.

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My host, Erik, who'd e-mailed me from an H&M address, met me and my friend Christian, whom I brought along from London, at the door in a nice-looking outfit recognizable from one of a variety of commensurate urban enclaves: a fitted denim shirt, indigo knit tie and jeans cuffed up over handmade British boots.

After a few days he was transported, hands and feet cuffed, up to Pennsylvania in the back of a van.

You may wear simple, elegant pearls to the office, but at night it's time to get cuffed up in attention grabbing bangles, sparkly cocktail rings and earrings that drop just low enough to excite and delight their followers.

Then again, Emma also had undeniable chemistry with the charming Captain Hook during their beanstalk adventure -- even if she didn't quite trust him enough to keep him around, leaving him cuffed up in the Giant's castle while she made off with the compass.

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"Beating and whipping, hanging in the air for long periods of time, cuffing up their hands and legs, using electric sticks and burning their bodies with cigarettes and depriving them of sleep or food".

It was the first time in my life I had seen cuffs up close, and they were on my own wrists.

We decided that we would wear black socks, roll our pants cuffs up, go out there barefoot and put the Puma shoe on the victory stand.

"Every time I would tell him I didn't know what he was talking about, he would tighten my cuffs up, real tight, against the wall," she said.

Patients are often discharged to wards with their tracheostomy cuff up, raising major safety issues if their tracheostomy tubes block and nurses are not trained for such emergencies.

Inner Roll: Instead of folding the cuff up, this one is tucked under.

Fold the cuff up so that the fold lies where the seam of the cuff meets the sleeve.

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