How to Use outgoing in a Sentence

outgoing

adjective

• Outgoing mail goes in this box.
• From outside the bunker came the thud of an outgoing round.
  — Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2023
• And not just the outgoing kids — for the shy, theater opens them up.
  — Alexandra Moe, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2023
• The crowd at the Drifter skews young and hip; tattooed, pierced, outgoing.
  — Nathaniel Adams, Chron, 29 July 2022
• The sound of outgoing rocket fire could be heard in Gaza.
  — Isabel Debre and Sam McNeil, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2023
• Use the spring steel clip inside the top door to send outgoing mail.
  — Samantha S. Thorpe, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Dec. 2022
• That amounts to a $4900 jump in starting price over the outgoing base version.
  — Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 21 June 2023
• The judge has been praised for his dogged campaign to rein in the outgoing far-right leader.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 2 Nov. 2022
• The neighbors and their children (ages 4 and 5) are very outgoing, and the kids come to our house/yard at least four times a week.
  — Amy Dickinson, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Oct. 2022
• That number could change, of course, with any outgoing transfers at the end of spring.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 7 Apr. 2023
• Thomas is outgoing and goes out with groups of friends, some of whom are married.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
• Use the metal clip inside the top box’s door to hold outgoing mail in a secure place.
  — Samantha S. Thorpe, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Mar. 2024
• In the era of landlines, a PR/TT meant getting a record of all the incoming and outgoing calls from a phone.
  — Devlin Barrett, Washington Post, 1 May 2023
• The neighbors and their children (age four and five) are very outgoing, and the kids come to our house/yard at least four times a week.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 27 Oct. 2022
• Like the outgoing version, the new Civic Type R has some unique bodywork.
  — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 21 July 2022
• There is a tough angle between the Moon in your private 8th house and Uranus in your outgoing 11th house, so watch out!
  — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 25 June 2024
• Still, some critics say the outgoing Lopez Obrador’s shadow looms over the contest.
  — Rafael Romo, CNN, 4 Oct. 2023
• For those who knew and loved the outgoing and often boisterous athlete, the loss is still painful.
  — Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 27 July 2024
• One last tip, Farr said, is one that may require a bit more from people: Be outgoing.
  — Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Sep. 2023
• Clark said that Nevaeh was born healthy and was outgoing and sharp before the incident.
  — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
• The Link 3 makes a few welcome improvements over the outgoing Link 2.
  — PCMAG, 14 Aug. 2024
• The number of outgoing transfers shouldn’t come as a surprise.
  — Jason Beede, Orlando Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2023
• Instead of blue texts, outgoing texts to Android users were green.
  — Michael Dobuski, ABC News, 16 Dec. 2023
• Grady is a sweet 13-year-old boy with a great sense of humor who describes himself as very smart and outgoing.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 25 June 2023
• Small arms fire and outgoing artillery broke the silence, but at a distance.
  — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 16 Aug. 2024
• But that also means that AMG’s version is—on paper, at least—less of a hard-core sports car than the outgoing model.
  — Angus MacKenzie, Robb Report, 18 Aug. 2023
• The vote could be a referendum, of sorts, on the legacy of outgoing Mayor John Giles.
  — Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 20 July 2024
• Pops of outgoing Ukrainian artillery fire also echo through the streets during the day.
  — Ian Lovett, WSJ, 25 Nov. 2022
• That means that the minute an outgoing president makes a move the other side doesn’t like, the howling begins even sooner and gets even louder.
  — Bradley Tusk, New York Daily News, 23 Dec. 2024
• The outgoing representative was among eight Republicans who had voted to oust McCarthy from the speakership.
  — Sonam Sheth, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Jan 2025