How to Use square off in a Sentence

square off

verb

• Game notes: Two of the top teams in the Big Ten square off.
  — Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press, 26 Jan. 2022
• To make the cups, square off corn tortillas by cutting off the round edges.
  — Chris Morris, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Feb. 2023
• Chen squared off with Liu at a gathering and punched him in the jaw.
  — Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2024
• Here are five things to watch for as the candidates square off again.
  — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2023
• The Saints’ Derek Carr and his center almost squared off.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
• The teams square off Tuesday for the second time this season.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 19 Sep. 2023
• Sunday’s game is the 10th time these teams square off this season.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 23 July 2023
• Sunday’s game is the sixth time these teams square off this season.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 9 July 2023
• Jason and Travis Kelce will be the first two brothers to square off in a Super Bowl match-up.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 12 Feb. 2023
• The body is slim but not tight, a medium shoulder is squared off but not bulky, and the lapel is perfectly on the wider side.
  — Brad Lanphear, Men's Health, 14 Aug. 2023
• Blame it on the moon’s square off with nebulous Neptune!
  — USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
• What to know: These future Big 12 opponents square off in what could be the best matchup of the late-night window.
  — USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2022
• Amo will square off against Leonard in the Nov. 7 general election.
  — CBS News, 6 Sep. 2023
• But as the teens squared off, Lewis stepped in to defend his friend, according to police.
  — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2023
• Highland Park will square off against Plano in the area round, setting up a matchup between two top-10 area teams.
  — Dallas News, 21 Feb. 2023
• Four matchups are in the first round and two matchups are in the second found before two final contenders square off in the finals.
  — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 11 July 2023
• The country's national team will square off against France at 2 p.m. ET.
  — Brigid Kennedy, The Week, 14 Dec. 2022
• The East, of course, will in all likelihood come down to the final weekend when Ohio State and Michigan square off.
  — Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 10 Nov. 2022
• This weekend’s pair of games sees two of the league’s best defensive teams, the 49ers and the Eagles, square off and there really aren’t a lot of weak spots.
  — Bychris Morris, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2023
• For each of the five districts, the top two vote-getters in the May 14 primary will square off in the Nov. 5 general election.
  — Molly Fellin Spence, Baltimore Sun, 12 Feb. 2024
• In November 2023, the brothers squared off for the first time ever when the Kings faced the Blazers in Sacramento.
  — Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 25 Feb. 2024
• The two sides of the civil war are now set: Daemon and Rhaenyra will square off against the Hightowers—hopefully next week.
  — Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 3 Oct. 2022
• From 1992 through this fall, the champions of each division squared off in the SEC championship game.
  — Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 14 June 2023
• Trump and Haley won't square off in the state's primary or caucuses.
  — Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 5 Feb. 2024
• The Eagles and Patriots will square off and the Bills and Jets, division rivals with a pair of star quarterbacks, will go head to head.
  — Bychris Morris, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2023
• To further prove himself to Mel, Jack squares off with some long-overdue confrontations—with his own demons, and of course, Charmaine.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 9 Aug. 2023
• Orange Lutheran and Cajon (3-6-1) squared off in a makeup game from the Norco showcase.
  — Dan Albano, Orange County Register, 14 Mar. 2024
• Four of the biggest women’s national soccer teams in the world square off this weekend for the 2024 SheBelieves Cup.
  — Tim Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Apr. 2024
• Ray also knew, thanks to squaring off with him in a prep all-star game, that Enis didn’t like to be tested physically all game long.
  — Nick Baumgardner and Mark Snyder, Detroit Free Press, 28 Aug. 2023
• Among the other elements of the project were squaring off the curved stairs on the base level, replacing the carpeting on the steps with white oak flooring and adding new iron handrails.
  — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024