Examples of call off in a Sentence
she was about to tell me the big news when her attention was called off by the arrival of another guest
called off the party after half of those invited couldn't make it
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Although he was sidelined from the hit series, the suspension was later called off.
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Jay Stahl, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2025
After Robinson was pulled from the river, a dive team continued searching the Trinity for the baby or other possible victims, but no one had been found when the car was lifted out of the water and the search was called off for the night.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Apr. 2025
Asher and McCartney called off their engagement in 1968.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 3 Apr. 2025
But the police investigation was called off on March 7 after autopsy results came in and showed that the couple’s deaths were due to natural causes.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2025
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Jay Stahl, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2025
After Robinson was pulled from the river, a dive team continued searching the Trinity for the baby or other possible victims, but no one had been found when the car was lifted out of the water and the search was called off for the night.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Apr. 2025
Asher and McCartney called off their engagement in 1968.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 3 Apr. 2025
But the police investigation was called off on March 7 after autopsy results came in and showed that the couple’s deaths were due to natural causes.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for call off
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“Call off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/call%20off. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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