How to Use start off in a Sentence

start off

phrasal verb

• The two-minute trailer starts off by showing all the Plaths in their new stages of life.
  — Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 13 June 2024
• Liu likes to start off with the smallest amount and build up if needed.
  — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2023
• This smoothie is the perfect meal to start off your day.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
• Not a bad way to start off a key four-game series with one of the teams ahead of you in the playoff race.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 12 Sep. 2023
• The first show of fashion week started off very strong.
  — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 13 Aug. 2024
• The Kings started off slow, making just 5 of 21 shots in the first quarter.
  — Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 6 Apr. 2024
• The race, the third of the day at the Hawthorne Race Course in Illinois, had started off normally.
  — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2023
• So a lot of recipes started off with molasses in place of dark soy.
  — Joe Yonan, Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2024
• This Falcon 9 started off with a coat of bright white paint.
  — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 3 Nov. 2023
• The documentary starts off with Robbie in the middle of the night in his kitchen.
  — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 9 Nov. 2023
• The rash starts off by looking like pimples or blisters and may be itchy and painful.
  — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 16 May 2023
• Mills started off like a rocket, scoring 20 points in the first half and shooting the lights out.
  — Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 6 Aug. 2024
• To start off this week knowing the happenings of the fashion world from over the weekend, keep scrolling.
  — Essence, 23 Oct. 2023
• To start off, DaBrat and her wife, Jesseca, posed with their baby in a pair of can’t-miss makeup looks.
  — Essence, 6 Nov. 2023
• On New Year's Day, Turner starts off the year by going public with the romance.
  — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Sep. 2023
• The 28-year-old tennis pro started off the season with 32 women.
  — Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 26 Feb. 2024
• So, the calendar year starts off with a solemn and sacred month called Muharram.
  — Manal Aman, Good Housekeeping, 13 June 2023
• August starts off strong with the full moon in your sign encouraging you to be your truest self.
  — Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 31 July 2023
• Both practices started off frustrating to the point of tears.
  — Charlotte Maya, CNN, 7 Aug. 2024
• Get into our first Fresh Picks of 2024, and start off the new year with some new tunes in our Spotify playlist below.
  — Heran Mamo, Billboard, 31 Jan. 2024
• So start off slow, watch some tutorials, read Casey's blog, maybe get a book.
  — Michael Calore, WIRED, 21 Dec. 2023
• Instead, the Recording Academy granted us with a moment of peace to start off the evening.
  — Vulture, 4 Feb. 2024
• Lorna starts off a little hard to take, but her reaction to the dead woman on the floor is a nightmare — for the viewer.
  — Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2024
• These nymphs start off as eggs laid by adult flies from the former generation.
  — Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 6 June 2024
• Black Friday 2023 is starting off early, so scroll through these deals as the big weekend nears.
  — Sarah Hoffmann, Allure, 22 Nov. 2023
• Tax season always seems to start off with some kind of quirky, what-if component.
  — Susan Tompor, The Enquirer, 23 Feb. 2024
• Tax season always seems to start off with some kind of quirky, what-if component.
  — Susan Tompor, The Enquirer, 12 June 2024
• Like most mornings, today starts off with a coffee and tidying up around the apartment.
  — Bon Appétit Contributor, Bon Appétit, 11 Jan. 2024
• Even though the month starts off in your solar season, just know that celebrating life and a new year don't need to be done in the same way that everyone else is.
  — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Sep. 2024
• With both heavily favored in that event, the morning started off rocky for Bilesn who experienced a fall during her beam routine.
  — Deanna Taylor, Essence, 5 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Oct 2024