How to Use flat-out in a Sentence

flat-out

1 of 2 adjective

• Some of his cooking, like the pil-pil and the fluke in olive oil, is flat-out Iberian.
  — Pete Wells, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2023
• The roller coaster before all of this makes the whole of it flat-out remarkable out of the gates.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2023
• The church flat-out lied to their faithful parishioners for nearly two years.
  — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2024
• Anyone who says newsboy caps are the same as flat caps is flat-out lying.
  — Maverick Li, Men's Health, 14 July 2023
• The Vision Pro launches on February 2nd, and there are sure to be some good, bad, and flat-out weird apps in the weeks and months to come.
  — Jay Peters, The Verge, 18 Jan. 2024
• Lynch is flat-out one of the most powerful CEOs in the world, regardless of gender.
  — Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 5 June 2023
• This notion that somebody goes out there and doesn’t have to answer to anybody’s a flat-out lie.
  — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Aug. 2024
• Yamaha The red and white, on the other hand, is a flat-out crime against motorcycling.
  — New Atlas, 9 Oct. 2024
• The first two are flat-out icons, while Moroney is one of the most talented and promising new talents to be found in any genre.
  — Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2024
• America had proven dreams weren’t for us; Jim Crow would see to it they were crushed along with your spirit, if not flat-out killed.
  — A.w. Davis, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 June 2023
• But what happens if this world-class assistant gives the wrong advice or, even worse, flat-out lies?
  — Anand Shah, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
• Some work for the media, and others are just flat-out yahoos with a cellphone connection and a full tank of gas.
  — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 21 July 2024
• Mann seems to have put serious time behind the wheel himself because the racing is flat-out thrilling.
  — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2023
• Not kind of a choker, or choker adjacent, but a flat-out choker.
  — Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2024
• The Trailmate Journey has loads of accessories that range from useful to flat-out brilliant.
  — Sarah Kester, Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 2023
• It’s been a process of trial and error, with early treatments flat-out not working or even causing seizures.
  — Lizzy Lawrence, STAT, 12 May 2023
• The staff at Australian flag carrier Qantas must have been flat-out like a lizard drinking sorting that mess out.
  — Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 31 Aug. 2024
• The decision has annoyed fans of the show (and of the doughy treats), with social media awash in comments ranging from annoyed to flat-out angry.
  — Erika Tulfo, CNN, 23 June 2024
• And the percentage of Republicans who say Trump usually makes flat-out false claims dipped down to 8% from 14%.
  — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
• Built in 1908, the Neoclassical home is flat-out gorgeous, thanks to a stunning double front porch lined with columns.
  — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2023
• Yet some are flat-out denying that these atrocities occurred.
  — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 21 Nov. 2023
• Thornhill says Sheridan's claims that officials addressed the major backlog of lab tests and X-rays is flat-out wrong.
  — Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 1 Sep. 2024
• In the previous three seasons this notion has been presented in the media and pushed by alumni and flat-out screamed from the empty bleachers at the Rose Bowl.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023
• The Danny works great in calm water, and is flat-out awesome when retrieved through the whitewater left behind by crashing waves.
  — Jimmy Fee, Field & Stream, 13 Sep. 2023
• In each episode, a celebrity panel will try to identify the real married couple from the ones who are flat-out lying – and, in fact, have just met for the very first time on that same day.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Apr. 2024
• Debates are notorious as a place for candidates to misrepresent, spin, and flat-out lie to cast their record and their plans in the best light.
  — Vox Staff, Vox, 27 June 2024
• As the major carriers are making less money, many of the upstarts are flat-out losing money.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 3 July 2024
• Sport mode brings an even more aggressive algorithm and a flat-out refusal to upshift into the tallest gears even when cruising.
  — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 7 Aug. 2023
• These squads know each other well; there will not be any secrets or surprises, just a flat-out border war that will be won by the team with more offensive weapons.
  — J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2023
• The delivery is a bit nasal, sometimes high-pitched, and even, without meaning to perhaps, flat-out comical.
  — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 22 June 2024

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flat out

2 of 2 adverb

• We asked for more time but they refused us flat out.
• I told him flat out that I have no intention of marrying him.
• The car does 180 mph flat out.
• So how did a team that played so well at home fall flat out on the road?
  — Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Mar. 2018
• Those calling him for him to be fired are flat out wrong.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2019
• Swalwell just flat out failed to gain traction in the race.
  — Doug Criss, CNN, 9 July 2019
• Age 45 is the age of 'perimenopause', not flat out menopause.
  — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2023
• In our half-mask tests, the iPhone flat out refused to unlock for us.
  — Michelle Maltais, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2020
• Lee was sleepy, uninspired and flat out boring to watch.
  — Womansday.com Editors, Woman's Day, 26 May 2010
• There were three plays in the first period on which the Kings just flat out took the puck from the Blackhawks, who did come alive the rest of the game.
  — Curtis Zupke, latimes.com, 20 Feb. 2018
• Trump flat out lied to get credit for what his father owned.
  — Luke Darby, GQ, 21 Apr. 2018
• Not many people have heard of Schwalbach, but this kid can flat out play.
  — Chris Hays, orlandosentinel.com, 16 Oct. 2020
• Some are just flat out funny, with nothing more on their minds than the spritz of escapism.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 June 2020
• On Wall Street, Facebook faced the music and Tesla flat out bombed.
  — Adam Lashinsky, Fortune, 25 July 2019
• Mayfield and the offense looked flat out bad in the 38-6 drubbing by the Baltimore Ravens.
  — Mike Jones, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2020
• Yo Simone, this flat out the Mount Everest of challenges.
  — Claudia Harmata, PEOPLE.com, 13 Apr. 2020
• The European bourses were flat out of the gates, but perked up throughout the morning.
  — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 17 June 2020
• Noonan looked back toward the yard, then down at the rumpled patch of grass where Judge had been flat out on his back.
  — Colin Barrett, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2021
• Since January, the sales team has just been going flat out.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 12 Apr. 2018
• Murphy has long arms, is agile and is just a flat out ball player.
  — Chris Kirschner, ajc, 13 Nov. 2017
• The worst cover done by an actual artist on the soundtrack; this one flat out doesn’t work.
  — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 6 July 2022
• Nothing in the room but a glass night lamp on a table and, set flat out under the windows like a cheap placemat, the bed.
  — Gail Sheehy, Daily Intelligencer, 9 Sep. 2017
• Stevenson has rare movement skills for a 246-pound back and can flat out make people miss.
  — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 29 Apr. 2021
• Positions are won out there; some guys attack it and do a great job and some guys just flat out fold.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2024
• Trump is saying, flat out, that Democrats are opposed to the military.
  — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 23 Mar. 2018
• Rolen hit with consistent power and could flat out play the hot corner.
  — USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2023
• Maxey can flat out score, has played with Tyler Herro at Kentucky, and would have fit so well into the team on both ends of the floor.
  — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 19 Nov. 2020
• Just a flat out entertaining read, and a book worth spending time with.
  — John Warner, chicagotribune.com, 25 Dec. 2021
• The Pioneer won’t beat a RZR in flat out speed, but there’s no bigger thrill than hitting 60 on a wide-open dirt road.
  — Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics, 9 Jan. 2018
• Babies are constantly lifting the bib up, tugging it off, and just flat out dipping their sleeves in their food.
  — Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 1 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024