pumped-up
Example Sentences
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A pumped-up England dismissed Australia for 132 on another chaotic day at the fourth Ashes Test Saturday to leave themselves needing 175 to win a seesawing contest.
From Barron's ● Dec. 27, 2025
Cast member James Austin Johnson, now in his fifth season, reprised his Trump impression during the cold open of Saturday’s live broadcast by interrupting Colin Jost’s pumped-up version of Pete Hegseth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2025
As he walked off the mound, he was surrounded by pumped-up teammates and fans were chanting, “M-V-P, M-V-P, M-V-P.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2024
Time was not an issue, but the South African tail was tasked with finding 21 runs against a pumped-up Pakistan attack.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2023
She objects to Dr. Fordyce’s eulogium of female purity and his Rousseau-inspired appeals to women to make themselves all that is desirable in men’s eyes, expressed in “lover-like phrases of pumped-up passion.”
From Mary Wollstonecraft by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
