How to Use put off in a Sentence

put off

verb

• Do not be put off by doors slamming.
  — Kara Alaimo, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
• First, don’t be put off by the title.
  — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 26 Jan. 2026
• But be careful about putting off work for too long.
  — Camila Domonoske, NPR, 16 June 2026
• Still, some things are worth putting off, such as drawing trumps.
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2024
• But the family is not to be put off.
  — Francesco Pacifico, The Dial, 9 Dec. 2025
• Their work cannot be put off for better weather.
  — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2026
• If any shots have been missed or put off before, now is a good time to get them.
  — Katia Hetter, CNN, 4 Sep. 2024
• Do not put off upgrading any longer!
  — Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 28 Nov. 2025
• So more of us are putting off repairs and putting up with broken phones.
  — Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2024
• Some of these questions are not ones that can be put off for years and years while things shake out.
  — Ian Duncan, Washington Post, 30 June 2023
• Equipment upgrades are put off.
  — Jim Vinoski, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
• Their children may be losing their jobs or putting off buying a home or car.
  — Christine Ledbetter, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025
• And how much longer can would-be homeowners keep putting off buying a home?
  — Anna Bahney, CNN, 20 Oct. 2023
• Some builders are putting off projects and hoping interest rates will soon fall.
  — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 15 May 2024
• At the same time, a third said they would be put off by a partner who lives beyond their means.
  — Rachel Barber, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
• This one’s easy to put off — if the system ran fine last summer, why bother?
  — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Apr. 2026
• Some will no doubt be put off in first glance fashion by Visa paying for shelf space.
  — John Tamny, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
• The show’s title is very bad (or at least bad enough to put off viewers… until now).
  — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2024
• Angell was put off by the skyboxes.
  — John Seabrook, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
• And even though the birds don’t have it at lethal levels, the toxin still puts off one apex predator.
  — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 June 2024
• Those two things led Thurston to put off mentioning the lump to a doctor.
  — Jenna Anderson, Health, 22 Apr. 2025
• No suspicious whine in the air, no burning of pungent oils to put off biters.
  — Antonia Quirke, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
• Shane had put off telling his parents about being gay or loving his archrival.
  — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 26 Dec. 2025
• Their efforts put off the fall of the western empire for centuries.
  — Jeffrey E. Schulman / Made By History, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
• Trump’s lawyers have sought to put off a trial until after the voting.
  — Mark Sherman, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2024
• To be fair, I'm not entirely put off by Andy's new wardrobe.
  — Michelle Lee, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
• When a leader puts off a decision, the people around them feel the pause first.
  — Mohamed Al Hashemi, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
• Will younger consumers feel put off by a restaurant featuring an old man on its signs?
  — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
• Elliott’s high wages may also be an issue, and that could put off other clubs.
  — Gregg Evans, New York Times, 14 May 2026
• Still, the Wolves don’t put off the scent of a championship contender.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 28 Jan. 2025