How to Use dole out in a Sentence

dole out

verb

• The program will dole out $5 billion to states over the next five years.
  — Irene Wright, Dallas News, 6 July 2022
• Continue to stop and dole out the treats if your dog stays by your side.
  — Christopher McDougall, Men's Health, 6 Dec. 2022
• In exactly two months, the Emmys will dole out trophies to the best in show(s).
  — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 12 July 2022
• Cut to a bird’s-eye view of Saget throwing on a chef’s hat, ready to whip up some breakfast food and dole out some cash.
  — Ashley Shannon Wu, Vulture, 18 Feb. 2022
• At each stop, Harrison’s team would dole out free cider and food.
  — Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
• For 2025, the foundation will dole out at least two grants, though that cohort could rise to three.
  — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 17 June 2024
• Millions have been doled out in settlements due to the actions of his deputies.
  — The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 5 June 2024
• Since then, Google has doled out $59 million in rewards.
  — Joe Hindy, PCMAG, 15 July 2024
• The firm has doled out more than $26 million in investments and $3 million in grants.
  — Taylor Telford, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2023
• Once the pie is sliced and doled out, just sit back and watch everyone reach for a second helping!
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 4 Nov. 2023
• Johnson and Addison briefly mixed it up before penalties were doled out at the 7:32 mark of the third.
  — Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2024
• The harms heat doles out track closely to race and class, Klinenberg noted.
  — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 20 July 2023
• Take the piecemeal way in which the United States has doled out military support to Ukraine.
  — Sam Greene, Foreign Affairs, 22 Sep. 2023
• The scares doled out are effective, and the lo-fi vibes are immaculate.
  — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2024
• The star has doled out plenty of clap backs herself, but last week, Britney Spears spoke out in her defense.
  — Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 22 July 2024
• Which is not to say that Showalter, the son of a high school principal, did not dole out discipline.
  — Bill Pennington, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2022
• The plan is to dole out another $6 million to local nonprofits by the end of this year.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Nov. 2021
• Per media reports, the SEC just doled out $51 million to each member.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 24 May 2024
• Of all the golden nuggets of advice doled out, one in particular rang true.
  — Freya Drohan, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2024
• Partly, banks use the higher merchant fees on credit cards to dole out rewards points to you.
  — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023
• Madonna recently doled out a new EP centered around the song.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
• Time, already a mystery, can feel even more abstract when doled out by the teaspoon on a smartphone app.
  — Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Jan. 2024
• But for his own line of work, Murray doled out some advice for when jokes go horribly wrong.
  — Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 9 June 2024
• Cuban seems to know as much, and doles out his bonuses accordingly.
  — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 7 June 2024
• The sum has since been doled out, mostly in $3.2 million portions that the two companies haven’t been able to trace fully.
  — Daniella Silva, NBC News, 6 Mar. 2024
• Indians, who get almost three-quarters of the visas doled out each year, stand to benefit the most.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 22 June 2023
• The assignments themselves are doled out via buttons, which Elaine summons from the depths of a drawstring bag.
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 17 Aug. 2023
• Krispy Kreme isn’t the only fast food restaurant doling out food deals in honor of the holidays.
  — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 7 Dec. 2023
• That office, which also gave funds to Tesla in 2010, has doled out billions of dollars under the Biden administration.
  — Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 26 Nov. 2024
• The league, players’ union, coaches and team executives are still ironing out all of the details, including prize money doled out to winners and losers of the tournament and how the teams are selected.
  — Mike Vorkunov, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Dec 2024