How to Use callout in a Sentence

callout

1 of 2 noun

• The artist paired her callout to Trump’s running mate with a photo of herself smiling while holding her pet.
  — Tatiana Tenreyro, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 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 | [e-mail], 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 | [e-mail], al, 28 Dec. 2021
• Think of these callouts as a mantra someone afraid of flying says to themselves during takeoff.
  — Sidney Fussell, The Atlantic, 19 July 2019
• And raucous callouts to unions were strategically placed in many of the celebratory roll call votes.
  — Daniel Klaidman, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2024

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call out

2 of 2 verb

• Brands have been called out for a lack of diversity in their marketing, but diversity in advertising can be a difficult issue to quantify.
  — Maggie McGrath, Forbes, 25 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
• 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
• 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
• In addition, the guidelines call out a variety of social determinants of health that can impact stroke risk.
  — Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 23 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Nov 2024