How to Use serve out in a Sentence

serve out

phrasal verb

• The winner of that race serves out the rest of Taylor's term though the end of the year.
  — Daniel Bice, Journal Sentinel, 10 June 2024
• Only 30% say Adams should serve out the rest of his term, the poll found.
  — Christian Wade | The Center Square Contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Oct. 2024
• Fritz was unable to serve out the set, and Sinner went on to win the next four games for the title.
  — Jill Martin, CNN, 8 Sep. 2024
• The point would have given him two chances to break Tsitsipas’s serve and serve out the match.
  — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 10 July 2023
• Adding to their misery, meals were served out of two big steel pails pushed around on a cart by a couple of trusties.
  — Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 July 2024
• If the appointee wins, that person will continue serving out the rest of the term.
  — Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
• Schulman made his way to Israel as to a prison, to serve out his life sentence as a woman.
  — Tova Reich, Harper's Magazine, 11 Dec. 2023
• While Davis served out his suspension, Hunter gave him $1,500.
  — Topher Sanders, ProPublica, 16 Dec. 2023
• McCarthy is the third lawmaker who will resign from the 118th Congress rather than serve out the full two-year term.
  — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 6 Dec. 2023
• The winner will serve out the remainder of Grisham-Stewart's term, which lasts until the end of 2027.
  — Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
• Breakfast is served out on the green lawn, which is peppered with white Adirondack chairs that have to be one of the best places in Newport to catch the sunset.
  — Vogue, 13 Sep. 2024
• But Gauff broke right back, and soon was serving out the victory, then dropping onto her back on the court.
  — Howard Fendrich, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Sep. 2023
• All appellants have served out their sentences for this case.
  — Time, 14 Aug. 2023
• Garofalo will serve out the remainder of his term through 2024.
  — Maraya King, Twin Cities, 16 Jan. 2024
• If granted, Lucci is slated to serve out the rest of the sentence on probation.
  — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 23 Jan. 2024
• The winner will serve out the remainder of Santos' two-year term and would need to run again next November for a full term.
  — Jennifer McLogan, CBS News, 6 Dec. 2023
• Both officials intend to serve out the remainder of their terms, which run through 2024.
  — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2023
• Sinner ended up serving out the second set in the tiebreak with a 115-mph service winner.
  — Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
• The 20-year-old Russian broke back to put the sixth seed under pressure, but Pegula held her nerve to serve out the set at the second time of asking.
  — Sam Joseph, CNN, 2 Sep. 2024
• The Democrats would have to hold that Biden lacked the capacity to be the nominee while also needing him to serve out the remainder of his term.
  — W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 July 2024
• The lesson: Americans seem to see a difference between Biden not being up to the job for four more years and being able to serve out the next six months.
  — Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
• If the Democrats lose the presidential race, Walz will remain governor and serve out the remainder of his term.
  — Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
• Addison served out the remainder of his sentence and was released in 2016.
  — Anat Rubin, ProPublica, 4 Nov. 2023
• Raducanu let a 5-2 lead slip in the final set but broke Pegula’s serve in the next game, before holding her nerve to serve out the match.
  — Sam Joseph, CNN, 27 June 2024
• The Serb served out the final game to win this somewhat one-sided but still compelling match between two of the greatest tennis players of all time.
  — Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 30 July 2024
• McConnell will leave the leadership post in November but plans to remain in office and serve out his term.
  — Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 28 Feb. 2024
• Shafer, who was appointed to the role in May 2022 and won the special election race for the seat that November, will serve out the rest of his term, which expires this December.
  — Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 26 Jan. 2024
• Pegula helped ice the win by serving out the final two points, delivering an ace on match point.
  — Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2024
• The judge sentenced him to two years on June 21 – and he was been waiting to be transferred to a different facility to serve out that sentence.
  — John Annese, New York Daily News, 18 July 2024
• The vehicle up for auction, along with the rest of its peers, served out its duties at various Italian race circuits through the end of the 1970s, according to the sales listing.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 23 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024