Sentence examples for wind up for from inspiring English sources
"I knew I was out of the wind up for a long time.
The hearing is due to wind up for the year on December 18.
Mr. Lightfoot said he jumped off the tour before the critics could wind up for a second swat at him.
Should the pardons board recommend against clemency and the federal courts again deny his appeal, Graham's case may yet wind up, for the fourth time, before the Supreme Court.
Watch the video replay once more: a paunchy, goateed pitcher, his cap pulled down low, begins to wind up for what appears to be a practice pitch — hasn't a batter stepped in already?
The whole piece feels like you are being wound up for something at the end.
Ocean View pitcher Alyssa Slater winds up for a pitch during last week's game against Santa Ana.
If that sounds like the wind-up for a proposal to gut the Second Amendment, get ready for a curveball.
Clockwork cars may be a wind-up for some (Letters, 6 August), but here in North Yorkshire they are for real.
That's why human rights laws are the ultimate wind-up for this group: they are seen as "rights for other people", undermining what has survived of the old hierarchies, be it white, male, straight or based on place.
