How to Use call off in a Sentence

call off

verb

• Some of her fans don’t think so and want the hunt to be called off.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2023
• But Vernor was called off to fight in the Civil War in 1862.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 17 July 2023
• The two were engaged, but their wedding was called off.
  — Hojun Choi, Dallas News, 22 Mar. 2023
• The only way for the government to save itself was to call off the elections.
  — Timothy McLaughlin, Wired, 17 Sep. 2020
• She was told the course had been called off mere days before getting on a plane to London .
  — Manori Ravindran, Variety, 20 July 2023
• Many airlines were forced to call off flights, but Southwest was by far the leader.
  — CBS News, 27 Dec. 2022
• Recent decisions by the Big Ten and the Pac-12 to call off fall sports raise a new dilemma for high schools.
  — Jim Vertuno, chicagotribune.com, 16 Aug. 2020
• However, one last-moment snag forced her to call off the whole project.
  — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
• Soon after, the orcas called off their attack and moved away.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2024
• The singer faced health problems in the last months of his life, prompting him to reschedule or call off some of his concerts.
  — Michael Lee Simpson, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2023
• The set was called off to acknowledge the victims of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
  — Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 25 Oct. 2023
• Many airlines were forced to call off flights, but Southwest Airlines was by far the leader.
  — Arkansas Online, 28 Dec. 2022
• The Coast Guard searched a 28-square-mile area for about six hours; the sheriff’s office called off its search the following morning.
  — Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2024
• On Tuesday night, the Coast Guard called off search efforts, adding the six missing workers are presumed to be dead.
  — Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 28 Mar. 2024
• Unlike the Senate, the House leaders called off votes in the lower chamber Tuesday night because of the storms.
  — Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 16 Jan. 2024
• The 1944 presidential election would be called off because of the war.
  — Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Mar. 2024
• Ten minutes later, an announcer said over the loud speaker that the game would be called off.
  — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 1 Sep. 2023
• In 2019, a Thanksgiving Day event was called off ahead of another storm.
  — Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2023
• The two leaders had set Sunday as the deadline to decide whether to call off their discussions.
  — Ian Wishart, Bloomberg.com, 13 Dec. 2020
• So the only logical response was to call off the vote when the bill was destined to fail miserably.
  — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2022
• Covid diagnosis forced them to call off two shows, but backup singer Sasha Allen was unable to make the gig.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2022
• Snelson took to social media to tell customers that the opening had been called off because of the theft and the damage done at the Bellflower shop.
  — Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2024
• Due to the dangerous terrain, the pursuit was called off, but a perimeter was set up and both a K9 and drone from Franklin were called in to try and locate the driver.
  — Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 20 July 2023
• On Tuesday, crews were called off the mountain because of avalanche risks during heavy snowfall.
  — Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2024
• One report said as many as 31 teachers called off, but it couldn’t be verified.
  — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2023
• In the spring of that year, the opening was called off, in favor of using the space as additional seating for Corner Bar.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 21 Feb. 2024
• The model and the action star were seemingly headed for divorce in August 2022 but called off the split a month later.
  — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2024
• The fruitless search was called off at nightfall and resumed Sunday morning.
  — Lawrence Specker | [e-mail], al, 6 Aug. 2023
• Deputies called off the pursuit when it was deemed too dangerous for other drivers on the two-lane road, the sheriff’s office said.
  — Omari Daniels, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2023
• The driver struck a bystander vehicle and took off and the Grandview officer called off the pursuit.
  — Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 28 May 2024