How to Use sort out in a Sentence

sort out

phrasal verb
  • Days later, the two sides were able to sort out the fine print.
    Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Now the site is just a mess, too hard to sort out to make it of much value.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 31 July 2023
  • The six-team field is set, but there’s still plenty to sort out.
    Glenn Graham, Baltimore Sun, 7 May 2024
  • The class action has been on hold as the investors try to sort out who should take the lead.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 8 Feb. 2025
  • But just how many and which ones will make the cut are the issues to be sorted out on the court.
    USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2024
  • This Clothing Stamp will help sort out the lost and found bins and save a ton of time with a Sharpie.
    Matthew Parker, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2023
  • But there are a lot of schedules to sort out, and then the pandemic got in the way.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Sep. 2024
  • But there are a lot of schedules to sort out, and then the pandemic got in the way.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2025
  • For now, the Rays just need to sort out a deal with Mother Nature.
    Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Such answers will take months, if not years, to sort out.
    Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Now, less than a week into the season, the two have some sorting out to do.
    Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024
  • The audience is primed to be in on the joke, but the precise nature of the joke will take some time to sort out.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2024
  • There are no filters that sort out A.I.-generated junk the way e-mail in-boxes sift out spam.
    Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The melee is a mess to sort out, but my guess is that alcohol was involved.
    Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2023
  • The making of the record was very easy because the tracks had been already sorted out by Jon.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2025
  • The tour and the PIF continue to sort out details of a final agreement.
    Rick Maese, BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2023
  • Agents are still sorting out what this might mean for their business.
    Scott Horsley, NPR, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Then the play jumps forward five years to Alaska, where Maria moves alone to sort out her life and future.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Bans or restrictions are on hold in at least six states while judges sort out their long-term fate.
    Geoff Mulvihill, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2023
  • Agencies are still sorting out how to bring back those workers and give them the back pay ordered by the courts.
    Nik Popli, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The retreat is simply a place to finish her latest book and sort out her life alone.
    Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 12 Oct. 2024
  • Priority for both women’s and men’s is to sort out the ground.
    Charlotte Harpur, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
  • But now, the developer is attempting to sort out the mess and move on.
    Kim Velsey, Curbed, 30 Apr. 2025
  • To sort out which is which, the weather service first looks at the time the damage occurred, Hubbard said.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024
  • The language would need to be sorted out between the two bills in order to make it to the governor’s desk.
    Alyssa Johnson, Miami Herald, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Judges often remind jurors that the courtroom, not the press, is where the facts get sorted out.
    Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 5 May 2025
  • Police are still trying to sort out details of the shooting.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 16 June 2023
  • Sean Keeler, sports columnist: The FG unit’s sorted out, at least.
    Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 24 Nov. 2024
  • Smith is hopeful of being fully up to speed by next season’s training camp, with the Heat having to sort out his free agency.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 24 May 2025
  • With the ball constantly in her hands, Clark will have to sort out the best ways to involve her teammates while still playing her trademark aggressive style.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 16 May 2025

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