How to Use carryout in a Sentence

carryout

1 of 2 noun
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  • She works in a Chinese carryout.
  • Lucky Panda also does a brisk carryout business, with many area customers stopping in to take home a meal.
    — Shonda Talerico Dudlicek, Aurora Beacon-News, 14 Feb. 2018
  • The foam is a cheap way to package food and a popular method for serving carryout coffee, business owners say.
    — Luke Broadwater, baltimoresun.com, 12 Mar. 2018
  • Customers must place an order for a carryout pizza at their local Buddy's location on that day for a chance to win.
    — Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 26 Jan. 2024
  • This deal is for online carryout orders at participating locations.
    — Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY, 3 May 2018
  • Nino’s is primarily a carryout establishment with extremely limited seating that is meant for those waiting to pick up an order.
    — Geoff Bruce, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2018
  • On one wall of the carryout area is a collage of the steel pans that pizzas are baked in.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 12 Oct. 2020
  • In fact, the restaurant was so busy that the staff had to stop carryout orders just to catch up.
    — Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2022
  • For now, guests who want to pick up a pie for carryout simply have to order at the bar.
    — Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Try the Father’s Day carryout special of two smoked steaks and two six-packs for $50.
    — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 20 June 2020
  • Both places relied on carryout, but Byrd said that's been hit and miss.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 26 Jan. 2021
  • The offer is available at Frisch’s dine-in, drive-thru, and carryout.
    — Segann March, The Enquirer, 10 Nov. 2020
  • Seating is available at the pop-up, and so is carryout.
    — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Nov. 2019
  • But once the weather turns, Lucks said, the business will have to rely on carryout.
    — Agya K. Aning, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2020
  • All gift cards are 20% off and carryout orders are 10% off.
    — Dahlia Ghabour, The Courier-Journal, 18 Mar. 2020
  • The bundle is available for carryout June 19-21 and feeds four.
    — Dallas News, 13 June 2020
  • Or is there a response that doesn’t deflate my guest, but gets the point across that my home isn’t a carryout restaurant?
    — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Last day to order is Dec. 22 for carryout through Dec. 28.
    — Baltimore Sun Staff, baltimoresun.com, 22 Dec. 2021
  • The company, which has more than 6,400 stores in the U.S., has always had a strong carryout business.
    — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2022
  • The exception is Lent when there is carryout each week.
    — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2024
  • But how that breaks down is telling: Delivery is up more than 5% while carryout is down 3%.
    — Laura Reiley, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Dec. 2022
  • And when the doors did open for carryout on June 3, business was quickly brisk again, even if customers weren't quite sure what to do with their food.
    — Byron Tate, Arkansas Online, 9 May 2021
  • The offer is valid for all dine-in, carryout and online orders and while supplies last.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 21 June 2024
  • Some of the restaurants had increases on sales of carryout.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 8 June 2020
  • Before the shutdown, the restaurant had earned about 30 percent of its sales from carryout.
    — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2022
  • The skeleton staff tried to keep the restaurant going with a carryout and delivery menu.
    — Alicia Lee, CNN, 3 May 2020
  • Other White House staffers can get carryout from a take-out window.
    — William Cummings, USA TODAY, 7 June 2018
  • The past two years have made carryout meals feel like less of an occasional indulgence and more of a way of life.
    — Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 21 Jan. 2022
  • The take-out-only event will offer four carryout menu options from which guests can choose.
    — Sue Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Pack food or plan for drive-through and carryout options only.
    — Emily Palmer, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2020
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carry out

2 of 2 verb
  • The Ponzi scheme was among a number of scams Hill carried out prior to the show.
    — Jason Green, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2024
  • And with two side handles, the box is a breeze to pull out of storage and carry out of the basement.
    — Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The Beys also said a review of Lamb’s case could still be carried out by the panel.
    — Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2024
  • This process is carried out before the piece is listed and at no charge to the purchaser.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2024
  • The state is one of five in the country that carried out executions last year.
    — Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 26 May 2024
  • Several mass shootings have been carried out in Texas since the one in Uvalde.
    — Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Hunter felt scared, sad and angry that such a brutal crime had been carried out in the campus parking lot.
    — Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2024
  • In the case of Gaza, the equation is complicated by the hostage-taking carried out by Hamas and its allies.
    — Steve Coll, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Ultimately, Smith argued, the blame lay on Ethan, who planned and carried out the attack on his own.
    — Thaddeus Hoffmeister, The Conversation, 6 Feb. 2024
  • This, the Met said, was inconclusive and further tests will be carried out.
    — Catherine Nicholls, CNN, 12 July 2024
  • And there are racist policies that Israel has been carrying out.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2023
  • But the cultural changes Ybarra carried out at Center Stage came at a cost.
    — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Video footage shows clinic staff carrying out large garbage bins.
    — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2024
  • The Teamsters is currently carrying out a vote among its members on who the union should endorse, the union said in a post on X last week.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The heist was carried out by a man identified as Nils M, who was convicted in 2021 and sentenced to eight years in prison for the painting theft.
    — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2023
  • However, the premise may not allow drinks to be carried out as part of its policy.
    — Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Over the next 53 years, more than 17 searches were carried out to find the plane, all unsuccessful, according to Kozak.
    — Kaila Nichols, CNN, 15 June 2024
  • At least 46 Americans have been injured in the more than 40 strikes carried out by Iran’s proxies in recent weeks.
    — The Editors, National Review, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Who would dare carry out such a murder without Putin’s approval?
    — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2020
  • The state carried out its first execution in more than four years in March when Willie James Pye was put to death via lethal injection.
    — Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Then there’s the matter of a skills gap between workers who do and don’t know how to use A.I. to carry out their basic job functions today.
    — Jane Thier, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2023
  • There are difficult issues ahead, most pressingly how the 73-year-old king will carry out his role as head of state.
    — Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2022
  • All three candidates have vowed to carry out Trump’s agenda.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • That will give us some basis to go to the president and Congress and ask for some substantial amounts of money to carry out these projects.
    — Kat Friedrich, Popular Mechanics, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The jacket’s breathability kept a tester warm, yet dry, while helping his 11-year-old son carry out his first fall archery deer.
    — Jenny Nguyen-Wheatley, Outside Online, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Concerns over inflation have reached new heights in the two decades since Gallup began carrying out the survey.
    — Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 3 May 2024
  • They are trained to carry out fare inspections and assist customers.
    — Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 5 Feb. 2024
  • As rescue operations began, other troops carried out a search of the boat, which had a crew of about a dozen, the official said.
    — Alex Horton, Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Some orders can't be carried out because the would-be deportee's home country won't take them or limits cooperation with ICE.
    — Nick Miroff The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Becoming a professor requires years and years of intense study, often carried out in isolation and poverty.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024

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