Sentence examples for wall up from inspiring English sources


The phrase 'wall up' is not considered standard English, so it can be difficult to find it in writing. It is possible, however, to use it in informal contexts. For example, "My emotions were walled up inside me, and I didn't know how to let them out."

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wall up

verb

To seal with a wall

  • They walled up the basement space that had been used as a coal bin.

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They almost wall up a surface that at the same time remains completely porous as paint.

"We're going to have to put a wall up for these kids now," said Stan Aden, the bar's owner.

I thought of opening this wall up so you could see the garden, so I put the window in".

The Americans, who put the wall up, also say they would like it removed and replaced with an iron fence with gates and security cameras.

Yet long-mooted plans to wall up the River Severn, Britain's longest, have foundered because of high costs and worries about wildlife.

The team hope Israelis, who rarely see the barrier wall up close or visit Palestinian towns, will be among the guests, even though visiting means breaking the law.

"So you try to wall up and raise your hand and make it as tough as possible for him to see the basket," Kaun said.

I saw the Berlin Wall up close.

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"We had the tweet-wall up for two hours in the main hall, but it wasn't moderated and a lot of the tweets were, well, very, very frank".

This is a world order that calls us to wall-up and break the interconnectivity of the globe, posing unimaginable threat to social globalization.

Long boarders should avoid waves where they "wall-up" in other words, there is no rolling barrel to ride.

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