wind up

Example Sentences

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“But if you delay, you may run out of time and wind up with fewer kids than you wanted.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

“I always tell people, just get to Europe, and then the rest is so much easier and they’ll wind up seeing something that they may not have even expected,” Shae said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

If you’re lucky, not too much of the medicine will wind up dripping down your adorable creature’s chin.

From Slate • May 17, 2026

It will be interesting to see how they fare once SpaceX begins trading and how quickly these funds wind up adding the stock to their portfolios.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

Even by the standards of Wall Street villains whose character flaws wind up being exaggerated to fit the crime, Cassano, in the retelling, became a cartoon monster.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis