How to Use pan out in a Sentence

pan out

verb
  • And then Seattle … how does the Tina Charles move pan out?
    Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2022
  • Then, the camera pans out and shows two cribs side-by-side.
    Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 9 Feb. 2024
  • At the same time, expect that some changes may not pan out.
    Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
  • While that didn’t pan out (or at least not yet!), Noah still rides.
    Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Take the pan out of the oven one last time and flip the chicken back over to the original side.
    Mehreen Karim, Bon Appétit, 27 May 2022
  • So far, many claims of success have been made, and none have panned out.
    Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 27 July 2023
  • And there are promising signs the agreement could pan out.
    Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2024
  • What did the shortlists tell us about how some of the Oscar races might pan out this year?
    Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2024
  • If Smith and Okoronkwo pan out, the Browns could join the league’s elite pass rush units this season.
    cleveland, 9 Sep. 2023
  • The science might not pan out, the business might run out of money.
    Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 21 Feb. 2024
  • And hopes that the 95-year-old hall might instead be ready to reopen this May didn’t pan out.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2024
  • In the end, Dave’s grand plan didn’t pan out, but something more modest did.
    John Kelly, Washington Post, 13 June 2023
  • But that dream didn’t pan out, forcing her to move back to her parents’ home.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 18 Apr. 2023
  • If this football thing doesn’t pan out, a few Chiefs might have a future in sales.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2024
  • They’re more fitted in the thighs and pan out at the ends for a leg-elongating effect.
    Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 8 Feb. 2024
  • If this happens, you will be tempted to throw the pan out with the jam, and chuck in the towel for good measure.
    The Economist, 13 June 2020
  • That didn’t pan out, and the episode cast a shadow over the leadership handoff.
    Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2023
  • One was that stacking two layers of sacked spat-on-shell didn’t pan out.
    Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 2 June 2023
  • Even if that first wager doesn’t pan out, new users can get their stake back in bonus bets and try it again.
    Ian Firstenberg, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Why not try being the one who takes initiative, and see how things pan out.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Utah could be a playoff contender if its three 2023 first-round picks pan out.
    Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 22 June 2023
  • But this season, many of the Rams’ mid- and late-round draft picks of the last four years were injured, struggled or did not pan out.
    Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2023
  • The camera pans out to reveal that Taylor has been cruising in a child’s toy Jeep.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The day of the fire, Moose was taken home by the prospective adopter whom the couple met in town that weekend, but the adoption didn’t pan out.
    Sydney Page, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
  • If Monday doesn't pan out, the next launch attempt would be Friday.
    Fox News, 28 Aug. 2022
  • Attach the following disclaimer to all of the above: fewer than half of the QBs drafted in the first round don’t pan out.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2024
  • But hey, maybe 7% of the Multiverse and Spider-Man rumors did pan out, so who knows.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Rumors that Xbox would debut a mobile unit did not pan out.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
  • As her new song plays on, the camera pans out to Bannen singing, showing her baby bump.
    Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 18 Oct. 2023
  • His garage venture with Keach’s character didn’t pan out, and Woody didn’t amount to much in his hometown’s eyes.
    Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024

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