How to Use takeout in a Sentence

takeout

1 of 3 noun
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  • She works in a Chinese takeout.
  • We ordered some Chinese takeout.
  • Get takeout or grab one of the five or six seats for a quick, laidback lunch.
    — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 3 June 2024
  • S’mores will be served and the program is BYO takeout, snacks, and a comfy chair.
    — Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2022
  • With a round-trip taking over a year, Mars is much too far for takeout.
    — Evan Fraser, CNN, 7 Oct. 2022
  • If their go-to takeout is sushi, then this set of cotton socks will speak to their taste (buds).
    — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 26 Oct. 2022
  • The shop’s takeout only, so have an eating plan in place.
    — The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 27 June 2023
  • Grab some takeout and sit at the table near the building, perfect for lunch.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Why: each day, consumers face a dilemma—to cook at home or to send for takeout.
    — Grace L. Williams, Forbes, 25 July 2022
  • Hey, why not order your favorite takeout and make a night out of it?
    — Jasmine Gomez, Women's Health, 9 Aug. 2023
  • And if the point of your beer hall is socializing over great food, takeout removes the vibe.
    — Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2024
  • For takeout, orders can be placed in person or called in.
    — Journal Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2023
  • The photo shows a takeout box filled with chicken wings but with a Chick-fil-A label on top.
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 11 Aug. 2022
  • There's no promo required — the offer is available in-store, at the drive-thru and for takeout.
    — Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2022
  • A night on the couch with takeout and TV could be exactly what the doctor ordered.
    — Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2022
  • Others shifted to takeout food and to-go cocktails but still had to cut staff.
    — Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
  • The rest of the country thinks boxes that hold the cheesy, chewy takeout staple are too greasy to be recycled.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2023
  • Just as with dine-in tips, Lynn does not have a clear-cut answer about an exact amount to tip for takeout.
    — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Grocery prices at the main supermarket in town have soared in the past two years, and takeout costs at least $20.
    — Jack Healy, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The offer is good for dine-in as well as takeout or delivery.
    — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 28 July 2024
  • All fans have to do is order for dine-in or place their takeout order in person.
    — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Amar Pizza got its start in 2010 mostly as a takeout place.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 25 June 2024
  • The offer is available for dine-in and in-person takeout only.
    — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 26 Feb. 2024
  • If one of the judging criteria of takeout is ease of ordering and pick-up, BBQ Kitch’n aced it.
    — Mara Severin | Eating Out, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Wait times tend to get long as the morning stretches, so keep in mind that takeout is always an option, too.
    — Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The cost of dining out and takeout increased 0.5% from December.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Black plastic takeout bags that skitter, ankle-high, on the wind.
    — Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
  • Restaurants must offer at least one takeout food item as well.
    — Rebekah L. Sanders, The Arizona Republic, 6 July 2022
  • Chinese takeout food can have more than 1,000 milligrams of sodium per serving.
    — Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 5 Oct. 2024
  • The products included takeout containers, sushi trays, fast food trays, children’s toys, and kitchen utensils such as spatulas.
    — Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 16 Oct. 2024
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take-out

2 of 3 adjective
  • There’s even a sushi take-out window on West 3rd Street that’s open at lunchtime from 11 am to 1 pm.
    — Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Folks had been suggesting the take-out shop since last year.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The restaurant will be open 9 a.m.-10 p.m. daily for dine-in, take-out, and drive-thru service.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 12 Jan. 2024
  • As of Monday afternoon, the Citrus Heights site was open for dine-in and take-out.
    — Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 10 June 2024
  • The town of Montrose added a boat launch and take-out point on the riverbank for those who prefer to float there, too, Hammer said.
    — Tiney Ricciardi, The Denver Post, 13 June 2024
  • There’s Sunrise Shack and Pai’s Deli for casual fare and take-out.
    — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 2024
  • The city of Montrose built a boat launch and take-out site on the riverbank for those who prefer to float there instead of drive or walk.
    — Tiney Ricciardi, The Denver Post, 13 June 2024
  • The offer is good for dine-in, take-out, drive-thru, and online ordering.
    — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2024
  • So take a clamshell that is used for your take-out chicken rotisserie.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Customers order at the take-out window and either eat in their cars or take their food with them.
    — Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Some discuss making a pivot to take-out, and selling groceries to try and hang on.
    — Kturnqui, oregonlive, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The brand launched in New York as a take-out and delivery option in 2017 and evolved to include sit-down spaces for omakase and sushi options.
    — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2024
  • Much of its service will be take-out, but Saito is looking forward to experimenting with the space and the kitchen.
    — Laura Barrero, Axios, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The take-out restaurant at 2335 N. Murray Ave also had a walk-up window and was popular for late-night food.
    — Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 31 May 2023
  • Over 30 new restaurants and bars opened in metro Phoenix in February, from Indian cuisine to take-out dumplings to a shrimp taco truck.
    — The Arizona Republic, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Brine Box employees were using the kitchen in the vacant restaurant building at the time of the fire to cook their take-out meals, which was allowed under the terms of their lease with the city.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2024
  • Critics and locals alike showed up to the take-out window in masses to sample krapow smash burgers and Chiang Mai chi dogs.
    — Kate Kassin, Bon Appétit, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Another man died after eating a take-out taco that was made with peanut butter.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2023
  • That puts a keyboard puncher in easy walking distance of coffee and bagel shops, fine dining or a take-out spot, even the library's squeaky-clean rest rooms.
    — Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 15 May 2023
  • In the clubhouses, food service will be limited to take-out only.
    — The Courier-Journal, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Great Cranberry also has a small museum, a take-out café, gift shop, and gorgeous views.
    — Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2023
  • Wow Wow specializes in take-out and is well-positioned to appeal to the student masses of UC Berkeley.
    — John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 21 May 2024
  • Diners can get $10 knocked off any $40 purchase on take-out and delivery orders.
    — Fielding Buck, Orange County Register, 17 Apr. 2024
  • It's got an easy sauce made mostly out of pantry ingredients, is packed with fresh veggies, and the whole thing comes together faster than take-out.
    — Christopher Michel, Country Living, 27 Feb. 2023
  • While the body needs a small amount of sodium daily, many people in the United States consume far too much from salty snack foods, take-out meals, and other high-sodium foods.
    — Jillian Kubala, Health, 17 July 2024
  • And remember to include the additional cost of take-out food while your kitchen is out of commission.
    — Jennifer Nelson, Popular Mechanics, 24 July 2023
  • Magnets fastened two $2 bills to the stainless-steel fridge, along with drawings by her kids and a take-out menu from a local food delivery service.
    — Ross Kenneth Urken, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2023
  • Start by putting trash in the garbage can and recyclables like take-out containers, water bottles, and soda cans in the recycling bin.
    — Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The cage is full of empty take-out Indian containers, and Marienne dreams of being back with her daughter.
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Windon estimates that about 30% of its revenue stems from take-out and delivery.
    — Gary Stern, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
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take out

3 of 3 verb
  • And in The Warriors there was a kid that took out a spray can.
    — Matt Thompson, Spin, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Some say they were first brought in to take out the rats.
    — Jack Nicas, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2023
  • In 2010, my father took out a loan to buy the land next door.
    — Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The catheter is then taken out, and the puncture heals on its own.
    — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Some took out their phones to film the crowd as a DJ Khaled song thumped in the background.
    — Carly Olson, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Two Negroes had been taken out of the jail and hung in the jail yard.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2024
  • The spotted lanternfly can swarm and take out big swaths of crops.
    — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Feb. 2024
  • So, go ahead and take out those extra cards, and store them in a safe place at home.
    — Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 15 July 2023
  • People shouldn’t have to take out loans to get a degree.
    — Arit Johnstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2022
  • There are weights in the vest that can be added or taken out to adjust the total weight of the vest.
    — Laura Campedelli, Verywell Health, 13 Aug. 2024
  • However, the suspect then took out a firearm and shot the victim in the neck.
    — Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 13 May 2024
  • Even then, stakers will have to wait in line to take out their crypto.
    — Vicky Ge Huang and Caitlin Ostroff, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The steel company’s weekly price chart shows how price just took out all of the 2023 highs.
    — John Navin, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Over the years she’s had 14 tumors taken out, the most recent from her spine last May.
    — Eileen Finan, Peoplemag, 4 Feb. 2024
  • How much do the biggest owners need to take out of our wages and bring into theirs?
    — Will Sennott, ProPublica, 6 July 2022
  • Jim: My suspicion was that this would be taken out of the fans’ hands.
    — Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 16 May 2024
  • In turn, Yelena will take out Val and disband the team.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Now take out the entire fill tank safely from the inside of the toilet.
    — Elizabeth Gulino, House Beautiful, 24 Mar. 2023
  • About a dozen bystanders gathered to watch, some taking out phones to record it.
    — Colleen Slevin The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The film resumed shortly after the person was taken out of the room and the rest of the screening and Q&A went on as planned.
    — EW.com, 8 Sep. 2024
  • Three years ago, the company took out a $2 billion loan and used it to buy back its own shares.
    — David Segal, New York Times, 8 June 2024
  • The fact that Walter Flynn is taken out in Episode 5 — no one is safe in this world.
    — Breanna Bell, Variety, 30 Sep. 2023
  • This time, the collapse took out a huge swath of the greenbelt near the community pool.
    — Gabriel San Román, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The low-to-ground design helps your kids easily take out and put away too.
    — Angela Belt, House Beautiful, 3 Jan. 2023
  • So on a child’s day, they are required to empty the dishwasher, take out the trash, feed the dog, etc.
    — Melissa Willets, Parents, 18 Aug. 2023
  • But the decision was taken out of her hands midway through the process.
    — John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Mar. 2024
  • One of the girls is then taken out of the car appearing to be unconscious.
    — Somayeh Malekian, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Fist of the North Star was the weirdest game of the day, asking you to punch and dodge to the beat to take out the requisite anime beefcakes.
    — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 13 Sep. 2022
  • The overall construction of the speaker seems rugged and is certified IPX4 water resistance rating, meaning it can be taken out in the rain or used by the pool.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Because the building has diminished in value, Trump would also have to be willing to pay down his existing mortgage with cash and to take out a smaller loan.
    — Paula Aceves, Curbed, 31 Oct. 2024

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