How to Use takeout in a Sentence

takeout

1 of 3 noun

• She works in a Chinese takeout.
• We ordered some Chinese takeout.
• The shop’s takeout only, so have an eating plan in place.
  — The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 27 June 2023
• Grab some takeout and sit at the table near the building, perfect for lunch.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2023
• Hey, why not order your favorite takeout and make a night out of it?
  — Jasmine Gomez, Women's Health, 9 Aug. 2023
• And if the point of your beer hall is socializing over great food, takeout removes the vibe.
  — Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2024
• For takeout, orders can be placed in person or called in.
  — Journal Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2023
• There's no promo required — the offer is available in-store, at the drive-thru and for takeout.
  — Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2022
• The rest of the country thinks boxes that hold the cheesy, chewy takeout staple are too greasy to be recycled.
  — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2023
• Just as with dine-in tips, Lynn does not have a clear-cut answer about an exact amount to tip for takeout.
  — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 6 Aug. 2023
• Grocery prices at the main supermarket in town have soared in the past two years, and takeout costs at least $20.
  — Jack Healy, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2023
• All fans have to do is order for dine-in or place their takeout order in person.
  — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
• The offer is available for dine-in and in-person takeout only.
  — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 26 Feb. 2024
• If one of the judging criteria of takeout is ease of ordering and pick-up, BBQ Kitch’n aced it.
  — Mara Severin | Eating Out, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Aug. 2023
• Wait times tend to get long as the morning stretches, so keep in mind that takeout is always an option, too.
  — Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2023
• The cost of dining out and takeout increased 0.5% from December.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 13 Feb. 2024
• Fun-to-fold pork dumplings that are almost as quick as ordering takeout.
  — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 10 Feb. 2024
• Despite the grimness, there was Chinese takeout, there was wine.
  — Han Ong, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2023
• According to a study from Betway, Indianapolis is the fifth-best city in the U.S. for takeout wings.
  — Marina Johnson, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Feb. 2024
• Totes and the takeout bags—the bottom-tier sacs that hold our leftovers, uncapped pens, and crumpled up receipts—are the real heroes of the day.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 31 Jan. 2024
• What’s set them apart is being a restaurant that only serves takeout.
  — Dwight Brown, Essence, 20 Dec. 2023
• Restaurants switched to takeout, though some simply went out of business.
  — Joel Achenbach, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Mar. 2023
• But Hudson took pity on us and agreed to gather a takeout feast of the menu’s soul food dishes that were already prepared or easy to warm.
  — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2023
• At first, the shop offered only a few takeout options, but her customers wanted more, as well as a place to sit.
  — New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
• Afterwards, drive north to The Sea Shack takeout at the northernmost tip of the peninsula for a fresh lobster roll.
  — Laura Hampson, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Feb. 2024
• Folks paying for takeout orders are usually gathered near the cashier at the front.
  — Mará Rose Williams, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2024
• The offer is only available for dine-in customers and in-person takeout.
  — Amanda Pérez Pintado, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2023
• To stretch budgets, more consumers plan to cook and entertain at home this year and cut back on restaurant takeout.
  — Diana Li, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2023
• In the post, a young woman started her day in a plush pink bathrobe, eating leisurely from a takeout container of spicy hot pot.
  — Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
• The dinner menu was simply takeout from a Chinese restaurant, but the highlight of the night was getting an apartment tour from Ms. Ono.
  — Anna Kodé, New York Times, 21 July 2023

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take-out

2 of 3 adjective

• There’s even a sushi take-out window on West 3rd Street that’s open at lunchtime from 11 am to 1 pm.
  — Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Mar. 2023
• Folks had been suggesting the take-out shop since last year.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 16 Feb. 2024
• The restaurant will be open 9 a.m.-10 p.m. daily for dine-in, take-out, and drive-thru service.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 12 Jan. 2024
• So take a clamshell that is used for your take-out chicken rotisserie.
  — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2023
• Customers order at the take-out window and either eat in their cars or take their food with them.
  — Bob Carlton | [e-mail], al, 12 Apr. 2023
• Some discuss making a pivot to take-out, and selling groceries to try and hang on.
  — Kturnqui, oregonlive, 10 Aug. 2023
• The brand launched in New York as a take-out and delivery option in 2017 and evolved to include sit-down spaces for omakase and sushi options.
  — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2024
• The take-out restaurant at 2335 N. Murray Ave also had a walk-up window and was popular for late-night food.
  — Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 31 May 2023
• Over 30 new restaurants and bars opened in metro Phoenix in February, from Indian cuisine to take-out dumplings to a shrimp taco truck.
  — The Arizona Republic, 4 Mar. 2024
• Brine Box employees were using the kitchen in the vacant restaurant building at the time of the fire to cook their take-out meals, which was allowed under the terms of their lease with the city.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2024
• Critics and locals alike showed up to the take-out window in masses to sample krapow smash burgers and Chiang Mai chi dogs.
  — Kate Kassin, Bon Appétit, 14 Dec. 2023
• Another man died after eating a take-out taco that was made with peanut butter.
  — Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2023
• That puts a keyboard puncher in easy walking distance of coffee and bagel shops, fine dining or a take-out spot, even the library's squeaky-clean rest rooms.
  — Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 15 May 2023
• In the clubhouses, food service will be limited to take-out only.
  — The Courier-Journal, 5 Apr. 2023
• Great Cranberry also has a small museum, a take-out café, gift shop, and gorgeous views.
  — Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2023
• Diners can get $10 knocked off any $40 purchase on take-out and delivery orders.
  — Fielding Buck, Orange County Register, 17 Apr. 2024
• It's got an easy sauce made mostly out of pantry ingredients, is packed with fresh veggies, and the whole thing comes together faster than take-out.
  — Christopher Michel, Country Living, 27 Feb. 2023
• And remember to include the additional cost of take-out food while your kitchen is out of commission.
  — Jennifer Nelson, Popular Mechanics, 24 July 2023
• Magnets fastened two $2 bills to the stainless-steel fridge, along with drawings by her kids and a take-out menu from a local food delivery service.
  — Ross Kenneth Urken, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2023
• Start by putting trash in the garbage can and recyclables like take-out containers, water bottles, and soda cans in the recycling bin.
  — Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2023
• The cage is full of empty take-out Indian containers, and Marienne dreams of being back with her daughter.
  — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 9 Mar. 2023
• Windon estimates that about 30% of its revenue stems from take-out and delivery.
  — Gary Stern, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
• The first dish was what started as overcooked chicken, shredded and mixed with corn, cilantro and lime – combined with take-out salsa and served on the tortillas, which were salvaged by frying them on the stove.
  — Martin Finn, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2023
• Along with dine-in and drive-thru options, Raising Cane’s would offer take-out and mobile ordering, according to the business plan.
  — Bob Dohr, Journal Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2023
• But with regard to chefs and restaurants, there are no longer qualitative distinctions between a high-end restaurant and a take-out food truck.
  — John Mariani, Forbes, 3 May 2023
• Whether you brown-bag your lunch, eat take-out or stop into a restaurant, the key is to create a healthy eating plan — not only for nutrition but for overall well-being.
  — Erica Lamberg, Fox News, 9 Feb. 2024
• Here’s a simple, tasty red for weeknight burgers or take-out, full of cherry pie flavors and a sweetness that rounds out the palate without becoming cloying.
  — Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2023
• Categorize Paper Mail, bills, notes from school, take-out menus—paper piles up quickly.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2023
• The restaurant closed one location in Agoura Hills and converted their Culver City location to take-out only.
  — James Powel, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2024
• Police said the take-out meals encouraged people to loiter around the center, including people banned from the center for causing trouble.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023

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take out

3 of 3 verb

• And in The Warriors there was a kid that took out a spray can.
  — Matt Thompson, Spin, 26 Sep. 2023
• Some say they were first brought in to take out the rats.
  — Jack Nicas, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2023
• In 2010, my father took out a loan to buy the land next door.
  — Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2023
• The catheter is then taken out, and the puncture heals on its own.
  — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 4 Jan. 2024
• Some took out their phones to film the crowd as a DJ Khaled song thumped in the background.
  — Carly Olson, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2023
• The spotted lanternfly can swarm and take out big swaths of crops.
  — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Feb. 2024
• So, go ahead and take out those extra cards, and store them in a safe place at home.
  — Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 15 July 2023
• The steel company’s weekly price chart shows how price just took out all of the 2023 highs.
  — John Navin, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
• Over the years she’s had 14 tumors taken out, the most recent from her spine last May.
  — Eileen Finan, Peoplemag, 4 Feb. 2024
• Now take out the entire fill tank safely from the inside of the toilet.
  — Elizabeth Gulino, House Beautiful, 24 Mar. 2023
• About a dozen bystanders gathered to watch, some taking out phones to record it.
  — Colleen Slevin The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 6 Feb. 2024
• The fact that Walter Flynn is taken out in Episode 5 — no one is safe in this world.
  — Breanna Bell, Variety, 30 Sep. 2023
• This time, the collapse took out a huge swath of the greenbelt near the community pool.
  — Gabriel San Román, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2023
• The low-to-ground design helps your kids easily take out and put away too.
  — Angela Belt, House Beautiful, 3 Jan. 2023
• So on a child’s day, they are required to empty the dishwasher, take out the trash, feed the dog, etc.
  — Melissa Willets, Parents, 18 Aug. 2023
• But the decision was taken out of her hands midway through the process.
  — John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Mar. 2024
• One of the girls is then taken out of the car appearing to be unconscious.
  — Somayeh Malekian, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2023
• Chores, such as taking out the trash or walking the dog, will resume.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023
• Chris and Angela Winder ended up taking out a loan to pay for the mounting costs.
  — Sarah Baniak, ABC News, 26 July 2023
• The origin was, in part, a single line taken out of context.
  — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2023
• Her joke was well-received by some fans but not so much by others who want to be taken out of the group chat.
  — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 30 Jan. 2024
• Cooper and three children were taken out of the home while more first responders made their way to the scene.
  — Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2024
• Then, one of Manesar’s associates takes out a phone and begins to film.
  — Pranshu Verma, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
• Users raved about its ability to target the muscles in the neck and upper back and even take out stubborn knots.
  — Nicole Crawford, Health, 20 July 2023
• After reaching the wharf, Zuma learned that Red had taken out the Great Shirley.
  — Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 14 July 2023
• While most of the erroneous stamps were taken out of circulation, a sheet of 100 was sold to the public.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 15 Nov. 2023
• Never disappoints and is a great place to take out of towners who can't get good Mex in their hometown.
  — Felicia Campbell, The Arizona Republic, 12 Mar. 2024
• Then one of them allegedly took out a gun and ordered the clerk to empty his register.
  — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2024
• At a private college, the 30-year-old from Montecito Heights faced the prospect of taking out tens of thousands of dollars in student loans.
  — Debbie Truong, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2023
• Also, large apartment towers often need to take out loans to cover around 70 percent of the cost.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024