How to Use cast off in a Sentence

cast off

verb

• The captain stands on the flying bridge as the crew casts off.
  — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
• Madame X is on a mission to cast off the chains of the oppressed.
  — C.m., The Economist, 19 June 2019
• Check with staff to find the best places to cast off by season.
  — Amy Aumick, OrlandoSentinel.com, 7 May 2018
• They were both cast off by a then-crummy team, the Rams.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2018
• One protester cast off his mask and stood up on the desks.
  — Time, 5 July 2019
• With the cast off, Lansford started in right field, then was moved to third base.
  — Phil Jensen, The Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2019
• Guests can cast off their cares at the spa and Turkish hammam.
  — Chris Leadbeater, National Geographic, 14 Aug. 2019
• Some leaders have said casting off the monarchy isn’t at the top of their to-do lists.
  — Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 5 May 2023
• And in the summer, as sanctions bite, the streets of Tehran rise up to cast off the Iranian regime.
  — The Economist, 7 June 2018
• In the spring, the bones are cast off, leaving behind bloody pedicles.
  — The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2022
• Natasha was pretty much cast off her tape alone, which is quite rare.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Dec. 2023
• Both have been cast off and discarded by other teams in the past.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 25 Sep. 2022
• The coach, too, might soon be dealt a fate similar to those of the many players whom the franchise cast off.
  — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2020
• Antonio didn’t like it and wished his doctor would saw the cast off.
  — Lizzie Johnson, Washington Post, 3 May 2023
• Stressed plants tend to cast off the poorly performing leaves that were first to form but now are in the shade of the other leaves.
  — oregonlive, 25 July 2021
• Abe wants to amend the clause denying Japan a full-fledged military and cast off some of the postwar shackles.
  — Anna Fifield, Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2018
• For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 21 May 2021
• Persevere in the faith, cast off all fear and keep your heart strong; God will never forsake you.
  — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 4 May 2022
• To cast off the high school persona and fly as a woman instead of darting around like a little girl?
  — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 7 July 2023
• The stars in that phase are in the process of casting off their outer later, resulting in halos of gas and dust.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 15 Mar. 2023
• Chicago — Kids usually can't wait to get a cast off their arm, but 5-year-old Beau Stadel wasn't so sure.
  — Charlie De Mar, CBS News, 20 June 2023
• This was supposed to be when France finally cast off all those years of shackles of chokes in big games.
  — Jonathan Tannenwald, Pro Soccer USA, 29 June 2019
• Researchers also don't know what immediate cue prompts the creatures to cast off the rest of the body.
  — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2021
• The 2016 third-round pick becomes the latest player to be cast off from the now-winless Dolphins in recent months.
  — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2019
• Barbados last year cast off the queen as its head of state and became a republic.
  — Washington Post, 7 May 2022
• Work in straight stitch until tube measures 6 inches long, then cast off.
  — Woman's Day Staff, Woman's Day, 9 Sep. 2019
• President Emmanuel Macron has cast off the lofty mantle of Jupiter.
  — Noemie Bisserbe, WSJ, 30 July 2022
• In such a context, companies are going to have to cast off old habits with regard to staff, says Glass.
  — Roger Trapp, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021
• Then he was cast off and spent seven years mostly as a backup with both New York teams, the Chargers and Seattle.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 1 Jan. 2023
• The most recent country to cast off the queen was the Indian Ocean nation of Mauritius in 1992.
  — Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2021

Last Updated: 28 May 2024