How to Use trot out in a Sentence

trot out

verb
  • In the first game of the series, the Padres will trot out a familiar face to the Tigers.
    Andrew Hammond, Detroit Free Press, 25 July 2022
  • And trotting out the 1/1 and 1/2 of this draft isn’t bad advertising.
    Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 10 July 2023
  • Fresh coconuts spiked with rum are trotted out on a cart in the afternoon.
    Hugh Garvey, Sunset Magazine, 6 Nov. 2023
  • The film has great fun with this, trotting out versions of Spider-Man who are cars, video games, cats, and dinosaurs.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 31 May 2023
  • Seeing the curly-haired Crawford trot out to the mound was the biggest highlight, and had the Oracle Park crowd roaring.
    Michael Wagaman, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2023
  • The Tide can trot out its best defensive team in years this weekend but that isn’t going to prevent a shootout.
    Charles Hollis, al, 17 Sep. 2021
  • If the goal is to get people to pay attention, there are worse ways to do so than by trotting out high-wattage celebrities.
    Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Their $20 million+ anchors were trotted out for board meetings and glitzy dinners in NYC.
    Oliver Darcy, CNN, 14 Sep. 2023
  • There was only one day when the Tigers even trotted out return options for kickoffs.
    Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Following the win, Thorne told reporters he wasn’t shocked when Ashford trotted out onto the field in the redzone.
    Ainslie Lee | Alee@al.com, al, 5 Sep. 2023
  • When a new car is launched, carmakers love to trot out a number of tidbits of the past and present, and the new Mercedes-Benz S-class is no exception.
    Jens Meiners, Car and Driver, 2 Sep. 2020
  • Certain theories tend to get trotted out about itchy feet at night.
    Marty Munson, Men's Health, 22 June 2023
  • Using one of those sports metaphors that politicians love to trot out, Alameda County advanced the ball Tuesday.
    Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Oct. 2021
  • Centuries later, a similar line is trotted out for the South Asian nation: Most states have armies, but, in Pakistan, the army has a state.
    Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Learning weird facts to trot out at parties is just one of the many benefits of solving crossword puzzles.
    Rachel Fabi, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2023
  • And when the Dodgers took the field moments later, Betts produced his second surprise of the game, trotting out to shortstop for the first time in his major league career.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The product on the field Saturday will, Freeze hopes, look considerably different than the one that trots out there Sept. 2.
    Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 4 Apr. 2023
  • There’s a cliche — trotted out mostly by losing candidates in the final throes of their campaign — that the poll that matters most is the one on election day.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Don’t trot out the tired and often erroneous excuse about the Chargers being unlucky.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2023
  • When Manning trotted out for his reps, the crowd at Royal-Memorial stood for a better look at all the excitement.
    Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 5 May 2023
  • The elegant getaway will trot out a four-course menu with a seafood starter, a dessert station and unlimited champagne.
    Jennifer Kester, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2021
  • The mashing was divvied up among seven players, proving the arms being trotted out were handled and hammered by all makes and models of swings.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2023
  • At the same time, building the opening episode around attending the Met Gala merely feels as tired as much of what’s on display here – in the show’s terms, like trotting out yesterday’s styles.
    Brian Lowry, CNN, 22 June 2023
  • The parallel the Warriors most often trot out themselves is the San Antonio Spurs, who of course won five titles across 16 seasons.
    Patrick Murray, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2021
  • Selena Gomez has been trotting out corset tops in Paris, confirming that this really is her look for this era.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Newburyport allowed a state-low four goals and trot out an all-senior starting lineup that made the state semifinals last fall.
    Matt Doherty, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Today, trotting out the bomb to advertise goods might seem misguided at best and exploitative at worst.
    Thomas Bishop, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2024
  • Regardless, the Russians certainly welcomed him into the club of anti-Ukraine voices to trot out.
    Michael D'antonio, CNN, 19 Mar. 2022
  • Now that may seem like a long way off, but Kounalakis getting in the race early and trotting out big-time endorsements like Clinton seem like efforts to scare off the competition.
    Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2023
  • In fact, the Princess Royal has had some iconic jewelry moments over the years, trotting out some truly show-stopping tiaras and eye-catching necklaces.
    Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 23 June 2023

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