Example sentences for: buildup

How can you use “buildup” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • They tell you that vitamin E, Grape juice, and aspirin Thin the blood and Reduce cholesterol buildup But if you take two Or three of these Substances regularly, do they Thin it too much, Causing other, unforeseen Dangers of an interactive sort?

  • The nuclear freeze movement undermined support for an aggressive military buildup by emphasizing the cost and riskiness of the Cold War.

  • After weeks of buildup, critics are ambivalent about Oprah Winfrey's adaptation of Toni Morrison's novel: "[T]he movie is undeniably a labor of devotion and intelligence, but, in the end, a labor is just what it is" (Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly ). The film gets a few outright raves, and Oprah's performance is universally lauded.

  • This goes on for up to five minutes — all part of the great ritual buildup of tension before the wrestlers clash.

  • At the peak of the Reagan Cold War buildup in the mid-1980s, defense claimed about 6 percent of GDP.


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