How to Use outage in a Sentence

outage

noun

• Most of the outages occurred in the eastern and northern parts of the county.
  — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2023
• At the peak of the outages, about 4,000 customers lost power.
  — Cheryl Vari, The Enquirer, 8 May 2024
• Of the total, 1,850 outages were in Monroe as of that hour.
  — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2024
• That plus my wet hair and uniform and the power outage broke me all the way down.
  — Brittney Griner, TIME, 3 May 2024
• And, if there is a power outage, the settings on the slow cooker will clear.
  — Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2023
• There were 2,364 customers without power at the height of the outage, the website said.
  — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 1 Feb. 2023
• The largest share of those outages — 23 percent — were in Everett, according to the map.
  — Beth Treffeisen, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
• The outage began spiking around 2 p.m., the service shows.
  — The Enquirer, 5 Jan. 2024
• Hot weather has not caused rolling outages in Texas since 2006.
  — Paul J. Weber, ajc, 27 June 2023
• Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
  — Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 5 Apr. 2023
• For many in the region, power outages were the biggest problem.
  — Meagan Campbell, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2023
• Most of the areas have dealt with power outages for seven or more days since Helene hit the area.
  — Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Oct. 2024
• The manufacturer claims that the freezer can keep foods frozen for up to two days in the event of a power outage.
  — Eva Bleyer, Good Housekeeping, 1 Feb. 2023
• There have been a handful of threads on the Starlink subreddit Reddit about the outage.
  — Jay Peters, The Verge, 13 Sep. 2023
• People were saying the same thing when AT&T had a nationwide outage about a month ago.
  — Matt Novak / Gizmodo, Quartz, 27 Mar. 2024
• What to do if your power is out In the event of a power outage during a winter storm, don't panic.
  — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Feb. 2024
• The company said the outage was fully resolved at 1:28PM ET.
  — Jay Peters, The Verge, 9 June 2023
• The surge in outage reports for most apps began just before 7 a.m. and peaked just before 8 a.m.
  — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 15 Aug. 2024
• Because of today’s 911 outage the resident pulled the fire box.
  — Eric Levenson, CNN, 22 June 2024
• Police said a power pole was knocked down in the area and causing safety concerns, along with power outages in the north area of the city.
  — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 12 July 2024
• The utility hoped to restore the vast majority of outages by the end of Sunday.
  — Aurora Sousanis, Detroit Free Press, 28 Aug. 2023
• In the event of a power outage, the best foods and drinks to have in hand are nutritious and protein-rich and do not require preparation.
  — Heather Mercer, Verywell Health, 17 Jan. 2024
• As of Friday morning, Oncor’s outage map showed that number was down to about 800 in the Dallas area.
  — Jamie Landers, Dallas News, 17 Mar. 2023
• The Salt River Project outage map showed an outage in the area starting at 3:19 p.m., stating power lines were down.
  — Vivian Barrett, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2024
• Now, the ongoing outages have turned attention back to the state’s power grid.
  — Dalia Faheid, CNN, 13 July 2024
• New York City-area commuters weren’t the only ones affected by the outage this past weekend.
  — Skylar Woodhouse, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2023
• Dastgir said the cause of the outage was not yet known, but that the ministry was conducting a safety audit of the entire network.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 24 Jan. 2023
• After a shorter outage put his business on hold last April, Wang was prepared for this one.
  — Vic Chiang, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2023
• The first outage occurred just 48 hours earlier on Friday, Oct. 18.
  — Abigail Adams, People.com, 21 Oct. 2024
• Milton caused a power outage at Duck Pond, Hillsborough County's largest pump station.
  — Yacob Reyes, Axios, 21 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024