How to Use go out in a Sentence

go out

verb
  • The lights go out and the song comes to a screeching halt.
    Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 8 Dec. 2023
  • That night, the storms roared through and the power went out.
    Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 1 May 2024
  • And right before the lights went out, the demons would come.
    Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 July 2024
  • What is clear is that the show intends to go out with a bang.
    Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The Robinson Road bridge will go out to bid in April, Beam said.
    Mike Jones, Arkansas Online, 9 Jan. 2023
  • But after the lights go out and come back on, Mr. Boddy is the body on the floor.
    Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2024
  • If the power goes out, using the stove for heat is not safe.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The next play resulted in a bad snap that went out of the back of the end zone for a safety.
    Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 19 Oct. 2024
  • The entire system would have a hiccup and the lights go out.
    Peggy Noonan, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The film goes out of its way to push back against the idea that the Joker is a fun character.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Froy, on the other hand, would go out with them on weekends and do things, like go to the lake.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 May 2024
  • And unlike flame lighters, this one won’t go out when used in wind or rain.
    Rebecca Martinson, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The pain was just so all-encompassing that the fight just went out of me.
    Paul De Gelder, Peoplemag, 16 July 2024
  • When one of you had to go out of town, the other person would help with the other child.
    Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 8 Feb. 2023
  • The new plan calls for the script to be written over the summer and then go out to directors.
    Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 June 2024
  • The Sox then went out and split with the Yankees, taking the first game, 5-0, then dropping the finale, 8-5.
    Andrew Mahoney, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of Austin Turner.
    Corin Cesaric, Peoplemag, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Then the nonprofit went out of business and Pinkney had to leave school.
    Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Some of these guys go out, take losing fights for a paycheck and stuff.
    Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Bo went out to the field to throw to some of the receivers, and came in and told his dad about a freshman who had caught his eye.
    Bill Oram, oregonlive, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Go to the movies or a museum, take a walk in nature or go out to lunch alone.
    Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Each time a match went out, the dank smell of the place—tarry and rotten—settled on them like the whole foul weight of the past.
    Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker, 23 June 2024
  • Though Tyler Bass got a great bounce on his kick, the Bills weren’t able to recover as the ball went out of bounds.
    Scott Thompson, Fox News, 8 Oct. 2023
  • The crowd, which had been buzzing from the moment Messi went out of warmups, was silenced.
    Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2024
  • The set surges thanks to a shipment of many thousands of copies of the title, which just went out into the world.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
  • The artist who goes out to dinner and gets up multiple times to greet his fans.
    Leila Cobo, Billboard, 15 Aug. 2024
  • This says to me as Christopher Nain went out and got the best possible site.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 31 July 2023
  • The air had gone out of the theology, but the moral cushions could still be plumped up.
    James Wood, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
  • That’s why wine writer Anna Lee Iijima goes out of her way to shop here.
    Oset Babür-Winter, Curbed, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Once a stylish staple of bistros and dinner parties alike well into the 70s, chocolate mousse then slowly went out of fashion.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2024

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