How to Use start out in a Sentence

start out

phrasal verb
Definition of start outnext
  • In Columbus, the night will start out wet, but then clear.
    — David Wysong, The Enquirer, 10 May 2024
  • The series did not start out as a project for McEntire.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 11 July 2024
  • The show started out with a laugh track but scrapped it for Season Two.
    — Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2024
  • The 15-petal count blooms start out bright yellow and fade to a deep pink-cherry red.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2023
  • And the tempo of the song starts out slow but then gets very fast very quickly … boom boom boom.
    — Barbra Streisand, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2023
  • The unions had started out at forty per cent, then went to thirty-five per cent.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The first inning started out strong: The Yankees walked Ohtani.
    — Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
  • This project started out two years ago as a three-minute salute to Williams on his 90th birthday.
    — Jon Burlingame, Variety, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The Ukrainian boxer started out fast against Fury, but the British star owned Usyk in the middle rounds.
    — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 19 May 2024
  • That meant the pristine J. Jill T-shirt style dress that started out at $12 was only $4 that day.
    — Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 17 Aug. 2024
  • The mood on my bus, which had started out lighthearted and jovial, began to turn.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2024
  • The Flex starts out much the same as the standard The Bigger Carry-on, able to hold lots of gear in an overhead-bin-friendly size.
    — Kayla Becker, Travel + Leisure, 24 Nov. 2023
  • When Simpson started out the year, her goal was to win a state championship.
    — Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The finale starts out with a montage of the cast members yelling at one another.
    — Lindy Segal, Glamour, 3 Jan. 2024
  • That wasn’t an option with the Wild One, though, which started out life as a 1:10 scale RC car that kids could build themselves.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 10 July 2023
  • The poll also suggests that Harris starts out free of some of the same baggage that burdened Biden.
    — Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Craft house started out in 2016 as a food truck serving burgers made from a blend of fresh-ground chuck, short rib and brisket beef.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The cookbook started out as a housewarming gift for my sons.
    — Stephen Orr, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2024
  • But 2024 will at least start out very strong, especially in the first quarter.
    — Gene Park, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Ads are making a comeback in other tech products that didn’t start out that way.
    — Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Your child starts out sitting in the infant trike, then learns to steer, ride, and, finally, is off zooming!
    — Melissa Willets, Parents, 11 July 2023
  • When All Natural was first starting out, they were signed to a label called Wild Pitch.
    — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2024
  • The route from Todd Lake starts out in shady pine forest before crossing through wide open alpine meadows and over sparkling clear creeks.
    — Haley Nelson | , oregonlive, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The school system also started out lower in reading and fell back slightly more than the state as a whole.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2023
  • So Rachel started out her day by chatting with Susan Noles.
    — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2024
  • The Fever started out sloppy, turning the ball over eight times just in the first quarter — leading to seven early points from the Sky.
    — Chloe Peterson, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Sep. 2023
  • What starts out as a pot here or there can rapidly become an at-home garden center.
    — Helen Bradshaw, Popular Science, 9 Nov. 2023
  • For a sport that started out with people simply adding weight to the end of ski boats to create a wave, wakesurfing has come a long way in a short amount of time.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 13 July 2023
  • There, the vessel started out under a different name: the David Campbell, in honor of the City’s late fire chief.
    — Jessie Sheldon, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Wednesday will start out chilly, with temperatures in the mid-30s.
    — Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2024

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