How to Use callout in a Sentence
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And raucous callouts to unions were strategically placed in many of the celebratory roll call votes.
— Daniel Klaidman, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2024 -
Yet another moment that deserves a singular callout is a crisp Balmain leather minidress with high shoulders in episode two.
— Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 3 Sep. 2024 -
Weather was clear and the SpaceX launch director gave the go for launch, but that was immediately followed by an abort callout with 46 seconds before liftoff.
— Richard Tribou Orlando Sentinel (tns), arkansasonline.com, 12 Aug. 2024 -
Pair them with the above book for a fun callout to the fandom.
— Cai Cramer, EW.com, 2 Dec. 2022 -
This is a callout for kids’ opinions on anything in the sports world.
— Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 31 Mar. 2020 -
The callouts can go pretty far down the rabbit hole — in fact, the further the better.
— Stephen Carter, chicagotribune.com, 4 May 2018 -
Other racing callouts can be seen in the headlight shape, long and placed low on the nose.
— Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 9 June 2023 -
Around that time in 1998, Jansen saw the callout for open tryouts for the Colts announcer.
— The Indianapolis Star, 26 Oct. 2022 -
One of her earliest posts, in June 2016, was a callout.
— NBC News, 5 Apr. 2021 -
About one-fifth of the callouts at Los Padrinos and Nidorf last month came from staffers on the temporary stints.
— Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024 -
Thank you to those who responded to my callout, and to those reading this.
— Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2020 -
As is the out-of-pocket nature of rap beef, both callouts were shocking.
— Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 8 May 2024 -
But the on-stage denial seemed to irk Warren, who may have felt that this live TV callout breached their pact.
— Tanya Edwards, refinery29.com, 17 Jan. 2020 -
The submissions this year were in response to the event’s callout for new voices.
— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 May 2022 -
First on the callout is this Frigidaire window unit, which just so happens to be our pick for the best budget AC.
— Eunice Lucero-Lee, Popular Mechanics, 14 Aug. 2023 -
Trail runners were the most requested piece of gear in our callout.
— Ebony Roberts, Outside Online, 20 Apr. 2022 -
The school sent a callout message to parents to inform them of the incident.
— Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 6 Feb. 2023 -
The response to the initial callout for my project was overwhelming.
— Ashley Larue, courant.com, 24 July 2019 -
That being said, pants are a safe bet for nearly all courses, with a few callouts.
— Red Fabbri, Travel + Leisure, 29 May 2024 -
Watch the website for events, exhibitions, and callouts (and cash prizes) to artists: whittierartgallery.org/events.
— Diego Medrano, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2019 -
That same sentiment was echoed in many of your comments in our callout.
— Ryan Fonsecastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2022 -
In the rapid-fire callout culture of our current moment people don’t take the time to reflect on the tone, and the tone becomes lost.
— Mary Nahorniak, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2017 -
At the time of that police callout, her connection to the death was not apparent.
— Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 12 June 2017 -
Fashion callouts aren't exactly rare in the hip-hop world.
— Jonathan Evans, Esquire, 26 May 2016 -
The ominous threat—and callout to his followers—is a sign of how much pressure Trump is under.
— Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani, The New Republic, 24 July 2023 -
Speaking of which, elsewhere in the show there’s a callout to the facekini, the full-face swim guard for those hyper-concerned about sun damage.
— Laura Regensdorf, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2017 -
The message has a timestamp for Aug. 9, well before the Instagram callout was filmed.
— Natalie B. Compton, Sofia Andrade, Hannah Sampson, Gabe Hiatt, Reshma Kirpalani, Andrea Sachs, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Aug. 2023 -
This offending article is far, far from the first callout Houston's team has seen over the past two years.
— Abigail Rosenthal, Chron, 30 Dec. 2021 -
Yet, despite a healthy ego and a raconteur’s élan, after Lasseter’s callout—and some laughter in the room—Smith stayed in his seat and said nothing.
— Steven Levy, Wired, 31 Aug. 2021 -
Next, the trio put a callout on social media looking for a young female lead guitarist.
— Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 28 Dec. 2021
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Lindor, keeping a watchful eye on the play, re-applied the tag, and this time Ohtani was called out.
— Dan Freedman, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024 -
While Vance didn't mention the Grammy winner, viewers online called out one of his own style choices— a pink tie.
— Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024 -
The song wouldn’t be released until the following year, at which point the rising pop star would be called out for plagiarizing its lyrics from a popular Tumblr post.
— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2024 -
The band called out all of the bunny hats and light sticks in the crowd.
— Kayla Samoy, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2023 -
At the third door, a man answered and called out to the boy.
— Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 26 Mar. 2024 -
For the first three months of this year, they’ve been called out 70 times.
— Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2023 -
They were not called out on the slide or in the footnotes at the end of the slide deck.
— Joanna Nelius, The Verge, 19 July 2024 -
From the holding cell, one of the boys called out for the bathroom.
— Sufian Taha, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024 -
Those fans calling out to the players from the first rows by the dugout?
— Scott Miller, Twin Cities, 19 July 2024 -
Aachen, four and a half hours by train from London, was the first to call out.
— William Cook, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Oct. 2022 -
In the linebackers room, Pittman called out Max Tooley.
— Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Sep. 2023 -
At one point, a prisoner called out to guards that the bound man on the floor was dying.
— Sabra Ayres, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2024 -
What sticks in her mind is when Hill called out Holcomb for the mask mandates.
— Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Apr. 2024 -
Earlier in the game, Jung had been called out on strikes on a pitch that appeared to be off the plate.
— Evan Grant, Dallas News, 26 July 2023 -
This is far from the first time artists have called out tech companies for their use of AI.
— Laura Bratton, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2024 -
This time of year, the night air is filled with the creature’s song, calling out into the dark for a chance at love.
— Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 22 May 2024 -
Page called out, as the massive mammals saunter in front of a nearby boat.
— Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024 -
Dame Dash has called out 50 Cent with a challenge to put his resources and money up to the test.
— Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 5 Sep. 2024 -
About an hour later, a soldier calls out my name and orders me to stand near the gate.
— Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023 -
When Floyd used one of his last breaths to call out for his mother, Johnson wept.
— Melissa Chan, Time, 3 June 2020 -
And the compost pile calls out for some dry material to soak up the rain.
— Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 13 July 2023 -
In Trump, Jack saw someone who was at least willing to call out stupid rules.
— Melina Mara, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2023 -
In some cases, even the National Guard has been called out to enforce the law.
— William E. Trachman, National Review, 4 Feb. 2024 -
The key for the Jayhawks will be to call out ball screens and run him off the line whenever possible.
— Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024 -
The lyrics are now a phrase commonly used to call out hypocrisies and double standards.
— Ryan Morik, Fox News, 4 Mar. 2023 -
Jake was calling out people left and right, yelling, trying to cause chaos.
— EW.com, 13 June 2024 -
This isn’t the first time tech companies have been called out for their lack of preparedness.
— Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 16 Apr. 2024 -
Students who were watching called out the male student for pushing the girl first and using the N-word against her.
— Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024 -
Now Barker is calling out the studios behind the show for their lack of support.
— Carita Rizzo, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2023 -
Vander Plaats also called out Trump for picking a fight with Reynolds.
— Musadiq Bidar, CBS News, 14 July 2023
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