How to Use move out in a Sentence

move out

phrasal verb
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  • Five said deputies had told them to move out of the county.
    — Nate Rosenfield Rory Doyle For The New York Times, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Two are grown and have moved out; two are still home and in high school.
    — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 21 May 2024
  • The first large sacks are scheduled to move out the door of the Redding plant the first week of May.
    — Isabella O'Malley, Quartz, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The family moved out of the house for good that same month.
    — Genna Contino, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2024
  • The pair have since moved out of their Palm Springs home as of August 2023.
    — Francesca Gariano, Peoplemag, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The act was moved out of committee but has yet to get a vote on the floor.
    — Christopher Hutton, Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2024
  • It is not yet known whether the storms will move out of the area in time for evening fireworks, Roys said.
    — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 26 June 2024
  • Rhythm and Booms was moved out of the park and damaged areas of the park were restored to prairie.
    — Barbara J. King, NPR, 22 Apr. 2024
  • By Saturday night, the system will have moved out of the area.
    — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Most of the Calusa homeowners who took the money have moved out.
    — Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 4 May 2024
  • But Ajax had made it through, and built itself a place in a game that many felt had moved out of its reach.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Audrey was the last to move out of her parents’ Nashville home in 2022.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The woman wanted to move out of state with her kids in her custody.
    — Detroit Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Ojibway and her son moved out of the area a few years ago, but their fairy trail legacy lives on.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2024
  • But the department store filed for bankruptcy and moved out of the mall in 2020.
    — Matthew Haag, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2024
  • The eye does not need to be moved out of its normal position.
    — Troy Bedinghaus, Od, Verywell Health, 1 June 2024
  • The storm system has moved out of the area, but forecasters say more rain is on tap for much of the state next week.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Nick moved out of their home a few weeks after Heidi's death.
    — Jamie Yuccas, CBS News, 2 Dec. 2023
  • The storm is expected to move out of the Northeast by Sunday evening.
    — Daniel Amarante, ABC News, 6 Jan. 2024
  • How much notice does a landlord have to give a tenant to move out on a month-to-month lease?
    — Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2024
  • For days leading up to the storm, Peters and his staff moved out the beer coolers and liquor bottles.
    — Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2024
  • They are now grown in lesser quantities and take longer to move out of the country.
    — Victoria Beaule, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Will his overbearing roommate take the hint and move out?
    — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 11 July 2024
  • The fog will slowly move out of the area through mid-morning, ushering in mostly clear skies for the rest of the day.
    — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The family, who had planned to buy the house, moved out shortly after.
    — Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 25 Oct. 2024
  • After a year, the young teacher moved out and Frank and Frances fell to cooking together in the evenings.
    — Mary Costello, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
  • The idea is to offer those who want to move out the possibility to move out.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The city last did a safety inspection there in June 2019, around the time the nonprofit moved out.
    — Lynsey Chutel, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Kevin was forced to move out of their home and was cut off from communicating with his wife and children.
    — Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 26 Oct. 2024
  • Sunday's high was forecasted to reach 71 degrees, with a low of 50 degrees as the storm system moves out of the Valley.
    — Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 2 Nov. 2024

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