How to Use figure out in a Sentence

figure out

verb

• Her brothers figure out where she’s been and force the two to wed.
  — Kari Sonde, TIME, 21 May 2024
• There was a lot of trying to figure out, back and forth, which way to go.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 12 Apr. 2024
• And so that’s going to take time to figure out who’s the new you in that system.
  — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
• Now the Rangers must figure out how to try to fill the void created by the loss of Scherzer.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 13 Sep. 2023
• Taylor Swift has a lot of tricks up her sleeve, but fans just figured out one of them.
  — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 4 Apr. 2023
• There are no retcons, no plans to figure out what to do 20 issues down the line.
  — Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2023
• As on much of the album, Grande is self-aware enough to figure out her own role in the drama and adds a valuable touch to the song.
  — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2024
• Cameron figured out how to turn the light on in the bus, Byers-Smith said, so his family could find him.
  — Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2024
• In the meantime, the pressure will be on Tweed and her staff to figure out exactly what has gone wrong.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2024
• Now Hassan was stuck in Las Palmas like the rest of us, trying to figure out his next move.
  — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
• Even when plays didn’t turn out as planned, Franklin figured out a way to make something happen.
  — Ryan McFadden, The Denver Post, 19 May 2024
• Miller Lite has figured out a work-around to Dry January.
  — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024
• Beeper’s team had to figure out where to send the messages, what the messages needed to look like, and how to pull them back down from the cloud.
  — Chris Welch, The Verge, 8 Dec. 2023
• Shackled to the bedposts with no chance of rescue, Jessie has to figure out how to survive.
  — Danny Horn, James Mercadante, Ilana Gordon, EW.com, 31 July 2024
• And our job is to figure out what to harness for this audience.
  — Nekesa Mumbi Moody, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2023
• Still trying to figure out, between the two of us, how to be in partnership.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2023
• The first round begins April 27 in Kansas City, but until then, the Ravens have plenty to figure out.
  — C.j. Doon, Baltimore Sun, 19 Apr. 2023
• How can nonexperts figure out what to eat when the experts can’t agree?
  — Tamar Haspel, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2023
• Trying to figure out how to answer him, the past 18 years of extolling Swift in print flash before my eyes.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 31 July 2024
• One of the most challenging things about falling in love with the wide world of wine is figuring out how to transport it.
  — Hannah Selinger, wsj.com, 1 Oct. 2023
• Some parents were already on their way to work and had to hurry to figure out pickup plans and child care.
  — Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2024
• But, again, all these spots are well worth the workout, or at the very least, figuring out a plan B for transportation.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 13 Aug. 2024
• This network was primed to analyze any new tabletop game, figure out what did and didn’t work—and then spread the word.
  — David M. Perry, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2024
• Every team in baseball needs to figure out a way to pitch at least 1,400 innings a season.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 1 June 2024
• Looking at 2024 Transfers will be key to figuring out which teams will rise to the top in high school football this fall.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2024
• He’s just figured out a way to harmonize with his subject.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2023
• In The Joe Schmo Show, the purpose was to see if the ordinary person would be able to figure out what was happening.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Apr. 2023
• Since then, he’s been trying to figure out how to replace a defense that lost two-thirds of its starters to the transfer portal.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Aug. 2023
• O’Connell has to figure out a way to put a representative offense on the field during the last four games of the season.
  — Steve Silverman, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
• Some football teams are going to have to figure out scheduling ideas for practices because of new state rule on air quality.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024