Put out

"Put out" in a Sentence (28 examples)

He was put out at the mere suggestion of misconduct.

Gordon told GCN that when the bill was first reviewed in the House, it received a 70-49 vote, one vote short of the majority it needed to pass. Gordon said that gay and lesbian activists were "extremely put-out" over this narrow loss.

Lao Bingyi had a bruise growing dark on her forehead and her left sleeve was soaked in blood that might have been her own or someone else’s, but her pinned braids were still pristine, and she looked mightily put out.

You can't have a pair of scissors! You'll put your eye out!

Don’t forget to put out the dog.

‘These guys,’ said Tom, ‘the ones who put out this magazine at Radley. What happened to them?’ […] ‘Ah, now this is why we must proceed with great circumspection. They were both, hum, “put out” themselves. “Booted out” I believe is the technical phrase.’

I don't mean to put you out. It's just vital that I get this done tonight.

“Then you didn't find her so amusing as Tom does?” “I found her pert. There's no other word for it. She says things to puzzle you and put you out.”

England stumbled into the World Cup quarter-finals and almost certainly put Scotland out after an error-ridden victory at Eden Park.

Along about Tuesday Uncle Cal put out for San Antone on the last wagonload of wool.

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The factory puts out 4000 units each day.

This unit puts out 4000 BTUs.

‘These guys,’ said Tom, ‘the ones who put out this magazine at Radley. What happened to them?’ […] ‘Ah, now this is why we must proceed with great circumspection. They were both, hum, “put out” themselves. “Booted out” I believe is the technical phrase.’

Lift with your knees. Don’t put out your back.

They worked for days to put out the brushfire.

She put out her cigarette.

One of the accident victims had to be put out by the passers-by.

Yet she must dye, else shee'l betray more men: Put out the Light, and then put out the Light: If I quench thee, thou flaming Minister, I can againe thy former light restore, Should I repent me. But once put out thy Light, Thou cunning'st Patterne of excelling Nature, I know not where is that Promethaean heate That can thy Light re-Lume.

[…] in a second I had put out the candle, scrambled up the shelves, half-stunned my senses with dashing my head against the roof, and squeezed my body betwixt wall and coffin.

'You talk funny,' I said to him. 'I mean, the other wardens say, "Put that light out", but you shout, "Put out the light".' 'Shakespeare,' the warden said in a deep voice.

Put out those lights before the Germans see them.

Don't them laundry queens put out good enough to suit you?

Christ, maybe that blond was only a bitch after all. Maybe she put out even to the punks. Come to think of it, she looked a little hard-boiled.

Aarfy […] tried to dissuade them from ever putting out for anyone but their husbands.

Nobody likes a cockteaser. Either you put out or you dont.^([sic])

If she won't put out the men will accuse her of being bourgeois and uptight.

I can't afford to waste a Saturday night here with some married bird who isn't putting out.

This Grosso dated this woman a couple of times, and then, when she wouldn't put out for him, he beat her up and forced her.

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