How to Use out-of-bounds in a Sentence

out-of-bounds

adverb or adjective
Definition of out-of-boundsnext
  • The out-of-bounds pass came on fourth and goal from nearly midfield.
    — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 24 Nov. 2024
  • Fans pack in, hovering over the court’s out-of-bounds lines.
    — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 25 July 2023
  • Redirect the growth of out-of-bounds shoots and thin trees and shrubs as needed.
    — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2023
  • The Clippers lost a coach's challenge of an out-of-bounds call with 30 seconds left.
    — Beth Harris, ajc, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Devin Booker hit another three on the out-of-bounds play.
    — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Kickoffs short of the landing zone are treated the same as out-of-bounds kickoffs, and they’re spotted at the 40.
    — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Technically no — because there were five on the floor and one out-of-bounds.
    — Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 3 Mar. 2023
  • And then another, his right heel barely evading the white out-of-bounds paint.
    — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 8 Nov. 2024
  • An out-of-bounds hit at the end of a punt return sparked a scuffle in which a Moody player was ejected for throwing a punch.
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The majority of the challenges came on foul calls, as opposed to out-of-bounds or goaltends.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Before a Spurs baseline out-of-bounds play, the two got tangled up and Wembanyama fell.
    — Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2024
  • Where needed, pruning can be performed at this time to remove out-of-bounds shoots and reduce plant height and width.
    — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 6 July 2024
  • Trent toe-tapped just inside the out-of-bounds line, fell down with the ball secured, then got up and fell again, face-planting amid the celebration.
    — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2024
  • After a timeout, Charlotte’s Igor Milicic Jr. calmly sank a 3-pointer off an out-of-bounds play to tie the game.
    — Langston Wertz Jr., Charlotte Observer, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Cardinal scored the game-winning basket on an out-of-bounds play as Guerin Catholic handed Cathedral its first loss, 48-47.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Their undoing, of all things, was sideline out-of-bounds plays after calling timeout to advance the ball to midcourt.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The hole, the 16th for members and a place where Open players have often used long irons in the past, will veer toward the right, by an extensive and expanded out-of-bounds area, for second shots.
    — Jin Yu Young, New York Times, 19 July 2023
  • Though her routine earned a high difficulty score of 6.9, several out-of-bounds stumbles led to a penalty of -0.6.
    — Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 5 Aug. 2024
  • The lighttpd flaw is what’s known as a heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability that's caused by bugs in HTTP request parsing logic.
    — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Playing a provisional ball allows players to re-hit without having to walk back to the original spot of the ball if it is lost or out-of-bounds.
    — Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Korda had got to 9-under with a three-shot lead on Saturday before an out-of-bounds tee shot on 15 cost a double bogey.
    — Jordan Campbell, The Athletic, 25 Aug. 2024
  • Grooming to remove out-of-bounds shoots, growths from near the ground or other unwanted limbs can be performed about anytime the crape myrtles are making growth.
    — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2024
  • Our splitboard crew embarked on mini-epics in these out-of-bounds zones, grateful to the Crystal Express quad for the boost before resorting to skintracks and bootpacks.
    — Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Course obstacles include trees, bushes, terrain changes, water hazards and out-of-bounds zone, which results in a penalty throw.
    — Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2023
  • There has been one tweak to the rules, though: During replay challenges tied to out-of-bounds decisions, referees will now be able to retroactively call fouls on contact that contributed to the stoppage.
    — Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 23 Oct. 2024
  • However, the officials on the field ruled that Buffalo linebacker Baylon Spector didn’t recover the ball with full possession before his body touched the white out-of-bounds line.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2024
  • The point guard found his groove connecting with LaVine, slinging passes through tight windows from sideline out-of-bounds plays to create opportunities for his teammates.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Memory safety is a feature of programming languages that prevents certain types of memory-access bugs, such as out-of-bounds reads and writes, and use-after-free bugs.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 20 Mar. 2023
  • There’s just one rare exception to this out-of-bounds clock stoppage, and that’s if a runner isn’t going forward — as Dallas Cowboys fans sadly found out with 28 seconds left in their playoff loss to San Francisco last year.
    — Jason Abbruzzese, NBC News, 12 Feb. 2024
  • If such out-of-bounds communication protocols come from the IT department, employees might still feel reluctant to bother the boss.
    — Ilia Sotnikov, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023

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