How to Use stroke out in a Sentence

stroke out

verb

• Woodland is 5 shots off the lead but just 2 strokes out of second place.
  — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2026
• Woodland, 42, had entered round three in a tie for 11th place, but just four strokes out of first.
  — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2026
• The 42-year-old Topeka native entered day three with a 36-hole score of 6-under 134, good for a tie for 11th, but just four strokes out of first place.
  — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2026
• Brian Harman, Si Woo Kim and Sepp Straka are 4 strokes out of first place, while Woodland, Andrew Novak, Aldrich Potgieter, Ludvig Aberg and Patrick Cantlay are in a group at 12-under.
  — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2026
• Former University of Kansas golfer Gary Woodland, who entered the third round of the BMW Championship 11-under-par and 1 stroke out of the lead, shot an even-par 70 on Saturday and will enter Sunday’s final 18 holes tied for fourth place.
  — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 23 Aug. 2026