How to Use open season in a Sentence

open season

noun

• Quite frankly, he's injured now because of the open season that there's been on Zion Williamson in the paint.
  — Dan Gelston, ajc, 7 May 2021
• The past year and a half has been open season for headhunters in the food industry.
  — Beth Kowitt, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2017
• At 25-2, VanDerveer’s team is one of the best in the country and in something of a wide-open season, has a good shot to win the whole thing.
  — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Mar. 2021
• The rule sets the daily bag limit at five lake trout and creates a year-round open season.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 June 2021
• The open season will run for at least 30 days, the company announced Jan. 9.
  — Rye Druzin, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Jan. 2018
• The open season, when people can sign up for coverage, runs from Nov. 1 to Dec. 15.
  — Peter Baker and Robert Pear, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2017
• These turnovers tack on to an eye-opening season total.
  — Tyler Donohue, ajc, 8 Oct. 2017
• Some praised the decision, while others felt the move would signal open season on more children's books.
  — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2022
• Some key fishing regulations include: Do not take fish outside of the open season for that species.
  — Mika Travis, Detroit Free Press, 26 July 2023
• There's really only one catch: open season is between March 1 and June 30th.
  — Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 23 June 2016
• During grunion spawning season, there is an open season for gathering the fish.
  — Ernie Cowan Outdoors, sandiegouniontribune.com, 28 Apr. 2018
• During open season for the prized fish, a recreational anglers can harvest up to 10 vermilion and up to two red snapper per trip.
  — Gabrielle Banks, Houston Chronicle, 15 Dec. 2017
• Fans of the the Tennessee Volunteers will quickly close the book on the season-opening season of the 2019 season, while rival programs will bask in all of the orange frustration of the day.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 3 Sep. 2019
• This certainly explains why the Duffer Brothers chose to open season two just three days before Halloween.
  — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 26 Mar. 2018
• But, a yes to open season doesn't guarantee everything remains open.
  — Rob Kleifield, azcentral, 5 Apr. 2020
• The 46 West Texas and Panhandle counties that are currently closed for squirrel hunting will now have a year-round, no bag limit open season for squirrel.
  — Dallas News, 24 Apr. 2021
• Required to hunt game animals during an archery-only open season or to hunt deer at any time in Collin, Dallas, Grayson, or Rockwall counties.
  — Matt Williams, Dallas News, 14 Aug. 2021
• Perhaps most important, though, June 1 has for the last decade marked the opening day of what has been an increasingly ephemeral open season for the recreational harvest of red snapper.
  — Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 23 June 2018
• Too many people were still open season, even for those who protected themselves, the virus evaded the vaccines just barely well enough to ensure its survival and expansion.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Mar. 2022
• Things are much tighter in North Carolina, where recreational anglers were allowed to fish for flounder during an open season that only lasted from Sept. 1 to Sept. 14.
  — Matt Wyatt, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Nov. 2021
• An open season for booking capacity on the pipeline ended on Monday.
  — Sergio Chapa, Houston Chronicle, 18 Dec. 2019
• Outside of migratory bird hunting changes, TPWD approved open seasons on public lands and hunting dates for state parks.
  — Matt Wyatt, ExpressNews.com, 23 May 2020
• In short, the decision has allowed Texas to declare open season on tech platforms, with huge ramifications for everyone in the country.
  — Brian Fung, CNN, 13 May 2022
• In 2014, gamers incensed by demands for more diverse storytelling in videogames declared open season on feminists on the internet.
  — Laurie Penny, WIRED, 19 Aug. 2019
• But Sullivan said her ruling doesn’t create open season on Carman’s rights but allows the plaintiffs to ask specific questions.
  — Dave Altimari, courant.com, 2 Apr. 2018
• Plains is also soliciting customers for a second open season for Cactus II, the company said.
  — Ryan Maye Handy, Houston Chronicle, 23 Jan. 2018
• The guide, which is free to the public, covers a wide array of materials including the locations of public fishing areas, open seasons, and record weights of numerous species.
  — Courant Community, 17 Apr. 2018
• Which explains the gag that opens Season 2’s third episode, showing a white suburban-seeming mom ranting on social media about hearing one of Paper Boi’s rowdy songs on the radio with her daughter.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2018
• Most states have websites listing open season dates, times of day, harvest limits, and regions where harvesting is lawful (due to water quality).
  — Popular Science, 19 Oct. 2020
• Both believe it’s now open season on conservative outlets.
  — Stephen Battaglio Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2022

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024