to sum things up

Example Sentences

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“It’s a crappy situation,” the constitutional expert Benjamin Morel told the BBC, at a loss for a more erudite phrase to sum things up.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2024

At the end of the interview, Navazelskis asked whether he wanted to sum things up.

From Washington Post • Dec. 20, 2020

A clip showing Laurence Fishburne in “The Matrix” seemed to sum things up: “After this, there is no turning back.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 12, 2015

I'll give him the last word, from that album's "Imaginary Man," in which he looked at himself and tried to sum things up.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2014

For some reason he just seemed to sum things up.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner