How to Use cast-off in a Sentence

cast-off

1 of 2 adjective

• Women in elegant African-print dresses carry burdens on their heads; men in cast-off Western clothes push wooden carts laden with potatoes and carrots.
  — Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
• The Patriots patched their defensive line with players like Cory Durden, a Giants cast-off who proved worthy of a starting spot at least for one night.
  — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 2 Dec. 2025
• Growing up in Atlanta, André recalled being introduced to Polo by his older cousin Travis, whose cast-off shirts became his own.
  — Luke Leitch, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2026
• Russia topped the chart of cast-off rockets at this altitude, with 512 uncontrolled spacecraft that could ultimately threaten space explorers around the globe.
  — Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
• Even better, EcoSet’s Materials Oasis provides a wide array of supplies free of charge to non-profits like schools and other organizations that can make use of cast-off sets, furniture, art supplies and assorted props.
  — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 22 Apr. 2026

cast off

2 of 2 verb

• Check with staff to find the best places to cast off by season.
  — Amy Aumick, OrlandoSentinel.com, 7 May 2018
• Natasha was pretty much cast off her tape alone, which is quite rare.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Dec. 2023
• The captain stands on the flying bridge as the crew casts off.
  — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
• Daylight was still four hours away and would cast off again by midafternoon.
  — Stuart Stevens, Outside Online, 12 Dec. 2017
• The feeling of casting off each day was a special one.
  — Laura Manske, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
• Guests can cast off their cares at the spa and Turkish hammam.
  — Chris Leadbeater, National Geographic, 14 Aug. 2019
• Both have been cast off and discarded by other teams in the past.
  — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 25 Sep. 2022
• Each has been cast off by a troubled family and left to be raised by nuns.
  — John Timpane, Philly.com, 14 Dec. 2017
• Antonio didn’t like it and wished his doctor would saw the cast off.
  — Lizzie Johnson, Washington Post, 3 May 2023
• In the spring, the bones are cast off, leaving behind bloody pedicles.
  — The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2022
• Some leaders have said casting off the monarchy isn’t at the top of their to-do lists.
  — Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 5 May 2023
• With the cast off, Lansford started in right field, then was moved to third base.
  — Phil Jensen, The Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2019
• Around 25 million years ago, the apes split from the monkeys and cast off their tails.
  — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2024
• Work in straight stitch until tube measures 6 inches long, then cast off.
  — Woman's Day Staff, Woman's Day, 9 Sep. 2019
• That might mean casting off the chinos and puffer vests and embracing new brands and styles.
  — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 16 July 2024
• Sunday was a chance, the one day in the week, to cast off the shabby work clothes or the uniforms and show off.
  — Toby Zinman, Philly.com, 19 Mar. 2018
• Barbados last year cast off the queen as its head of state and became a republic.
  — Washington Post, 7 May 2022
• Festivalgoers hope the sparks will cast off bad luck.
  — CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
• The coach, too, might soon be dealt a fate similar to those of the many players whom the franchise cast off.
  — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2020
• To cast off the high school persona and fly as a woman instead of darting around like a little girl?
  — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 7 July 2023
• Now imagine if that toy came to life, fueled by its hatred after being cast off, to haunt you.
  — Jhaan Elker, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2022
• Instead, their genome has cast off much of their ability to reproduce on their own.
  — Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 24 Nov. 2025
• The gloom of the post-war years is slowly cast off and the hip neighbors have purchased a television set.
  — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 16 Oct. 2024
• Stressed plants tend to cast off the poorly performing leaves that were first to form but now are in the shade of the other leaves.
  — oregonlive, 25 July 2021
• This was supposed to be when France finally cast off all those years of shackles of chokes in big games.
  — Jonathan Tannenwald, Pro Soccer USA, 29 June 2019
• Persevere in the faith, cast off all fear and keep your heart strong; God will never forsake you.
  — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 4 May 2022
• Beach yourself at Queensland’s award-winning qualia resort, and cast off with any of these tours.
  — Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Mar. 2018
• So why aren’t banks jumping at the opportunity to cast off their mainframes and move to the cloud?
  — Andrew Hudson, Ars Technica, 24 July 2023
• Researchers also don't know what immediate cue prompts the creatures to cast off the rest of the body.
  — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2021
• The stars in that phase are in the process of casting off their outer later, resulting in halos of gas and dust.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 15 Mar. 2023