Sentence examples for folks up from inspiring English sources

I've been visiting my folks up in Dallas for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Folks, "up to" is one of the greatest cop-outs in the English language.

That seems to be the rhythm: Oliver! cheering folks up during Vietnam, Rocky pepping the spirits after Watergate.

Recognizing the face of evil when he sees it, Robicheaux knows those swell folks up at the Abelard mansion are involved in the series of unsolved murders he's investigating.

There is a contrast amidst humour and mockery: although humour lifts folks up, mockery is utilized to put folks down.

But what really has folks up in arms, so to speak, is what happens next.

"There were not a lot of our folks up there attending major league games," he said.

For such critics, Reagan's genius for cheering folk up had a cruel core.

Hurdaskellir (a k a the Door Slammer), keeps folk up at night.

Y2K has some folks loading up their trucks, boarding up their homes and heading for the hills.

Y2K has some folks loading up their trucks, boarding up their homes and literally heading for the hills.