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Examples of bout in a Sentence
undoubtedly the team's best wrestler, he hasn't lost a bout yet
she's currently suffering from a bout of the flu
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From experience, this unfortunately portends a nastier bout of the Coachella cough.
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Vanessa Franko, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024
Undefeated contenders Richard Torrez Jr. (9-0, 9 KOs) and Brandon Moore (14-0, 8 KOs) will square off on the main event card which also features San Diego’s Giovani Santillan facing Brandon Norman Jr. in a welterweight bout.
—Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2024
After a bout of balmy spring weather, the area is headed for a cool down.
—Sarah Linn, Sacramento Bee, 11 Apr. 2024
Paul, who gained renown as a YouTube celebrity and has only ten fights to his professional credit, was born in 1997, the same year that an over-the-hill-seeming Tyson was disqualified from a title bout for chomping on Evander Holyfield’s ears.
—Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2024
Still, the journey to becoming their surrogate ended up taking a number of years, during which time Collard welcomed two children of her own — and Dart experienced another bout of heart failure.
—David Chiu, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2024
Rate cuts would begin to reverse the 11 increases the Fed carried out beginning in March 2022, to fight the worst inflation bout in four decades.
—Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2024
Over the winter months, Francis has battled with bouts of bronchitis, cold and flu.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
The main trade-off was discomfort during bouts of high-intensity exercise.
—Jason Sawyer, The Conversation, 1 Apr. 2024
Vanessa Franko, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024
Undefeated contenders Richard Torrez Jr. (9-0, 9 KOs) and Brandon Moore (14-0, 8 KOs) will square off on the main event card which also features San Diego’s Giovani Santillan facing Brandon Norman Jr. in a welterweight bout.
—Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2024
After a bout of balmy spring weather, the area is headed for a cool down.
—Sarah Linn, Sacramento Bee, 11 Apr. 2024
Paul, who gained renown as a YouTube celebrity and has only ten fights to his professional credit, was born in 1997, the same year that an over-the-hill-seeming Tyson was disqualified from a title bout for chomping on Evander Holyfield’s ears.
—Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2024
Still, the journey to becoming their surrogate ended up taking a number of years, during which time Collard welcomed two children of her own — and Dart experienced another bout of heart failure.
—David Chiu, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2024
Rate cuts would begin to reverse the 11 increases the Fed carried out beginning in March 2022, to fight the worst inflation bout in four decades.
—Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2024
Over the winter months, Francis has battled with bouts of bronchitis, cold and flu.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
The main trade-off was discomfort during bouts of high-intensity exercise.
—Jason Sawyer, The Conversation, 1 Apr. 2024
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“Bout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bout. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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bout
noun1
: a spell of activity
nonstop bout of reading
2
: an athletic match
wrestling bout
3
: attack entry 2 sense 3
a bout of measles
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