How to Use cookout in a Sentence

cookout

noun
  • Hopgood does everything but pump the smell of roasting pork into the room to bring the cookout to life.
    Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Labor Day is often centered around cookouts and day drinking.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2019
  • After a storm passes, some neighborhoods have a big cookout. Because, why not?
    The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Aug. 2019
  • Barbecue cookout specials will be available all weekend long.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2019
  • Yellow jackets are scavengers and will bedevil you at backyard cookouts.
    Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2019
  • Labor Day weekend marks one of the last opportunities for cookouts of the summer.
    Chris Sims, Indianapolis Star, 27 Aug. 2019
  • The march was capped off by a cookout and gathering intended to show support for victims and their families and encourage residents to work for peace in their neighborhoods.
    Jack McCordick, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2019
  • Those in attendance were also invited to a cookout, sponsored by the Chagrin Falls Dads’ Club.
    Ed Wittenberg, cleveland.com, 19 Aug. 2019
  • Get brats at the local church festival, go to as many cookouts, weddings and graduation parties as possible, pack sandwiches for the beer garden or bring pizza to the outdoor concert.
    Alison Sherwood, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2019
  • An Indiana Ku Klux Klan group that tried to rally during an annual cookout didn't plan on some uninvited guests crashing the event.
    Christi Scott, CNN, 6 Sep. 2019
  • Over Labor Day weekend, many Americans will labor over a grill orchestrating a holiday cookout.
    Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 30 Aug. 2024
  • At the cookout, Moore took the mic to set the stage for what needed to be done.
    Erin Cox, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
  • How about don’t bring your purse gun to the cookout, OK?
    Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 12 Oct. 2021
  • The cookout breaks down to about $7 a person for a party of 10.
    Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 27 June 2023
  • The group has $3,000 saved and plans to hold a cookout to raise more money.
    Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2021
  • The buns are a superb way to take your cookout to the next level.
    Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 2 July 2020
  • Read here to learn which are his top picks, right in time for your next cookout.
    Lauryn Azu, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Ok Glenn Close just booked her ticket to the cookout ...
    Zoe Guy, Marie Claire, 26 Apr. 2021
  • It’s a fun tool that’ll get plenty of use at his next cookout.
    Mike Richard, Men's Health, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Grill Corn on the Cob for an easy cookout side or turn it into Creamed Corn.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 4 June 2024
  • And the base of every fun and hearty cookout starts with a really good grill.
    John Thompson, Men's Health, 23 May 2022
  • Take a look at what’s on tap this week and save some barbecue for us at the cookout.
    Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2024
  • The shooting happened at the end of a stop-the-violence cookout.
    Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 30 July 2020
  • Creamy cotija cheese and fresh cilantro make this salad the best side dish to bring to your next cookout.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 4 June 2024
  • The full day continues into the evening with a cookout feast hosted by the park staff.
    Flip Putthoff, Arkansas Online, 22 Mar. 2022
  • As the fall looms, your chances to impress with a backyard cookout are coming to an end.
    Alyson Sheppard, Robb Report, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Poker run riders should bring their cards to the cookout.
    Flip Putthoff, arkansasonline.com, 2 Apr. 2024
  • And that means making a list of all your favorite cookout recipes and heading to the grocery store.
    Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 29 May 2023
  • At the deer camp, the teenagers could ride on off-road vehicles before a cookout that evening.
    William Sanders, Arkansas Online, 12 July 2021
  • The amount of food passed out easily topped the 125 plates from the previous cookout.
    Andrew J. Campa Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2020

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