How to Use time-out in a Sentence

time-out

noun

• That game came down to the last time-out with 7.1 seconds on the clock.
  — Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 17 Aug. 2023
• She’s argued for months the Fed needs to take a time-out.
  — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 3 May 2023
• The father leaves his gun within easy reach of the kids, and the mother grabs glassy-eyed time-outs in the car.
  — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
• The Lakers were up by one again, with just three seconds left, and the Bulls had no time-outs.
  — Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2025
• Buffalo had no time-outs and the ball at the Dolphins’ 11-yard line with 11 seconds left in the half.
  — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2024
• All overhead Caitlin Clark discourse can use a time-out.
  — Sean Gregory, TIME, 10 June 2024
• The 32-year-old can be seen in the clip sprinting away from a secondary stage at the event while making a time-out gesture with his hands.
  — EW.com, 16 Oct. 2024
• The ball remained in play as Craig stayed on the floor for a few moments before Suns coach Monty Williams called a time-out.
  — Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2023
• There's the more old-fashioned way of disciplining which involves time-outs and things like that.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 13 May 2024
• There's the more old-fashioned way of disciplining which involves time-outs and things like that.
  — Janine Rubenstein, Peoplemag, 24 Nov. 2023
• Each team will now get have an opportunity to possess the ball and each will get three time-outs.
  — Breanne L. Heldman, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
• Should you be caught working, you will be picked up and thrown into the fully functional dungeon for a ten-minute time-out.
  — Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
• As the story progresses, Muffin steals her dad’s phone after she’s put in time-out for hogging the table.
  — Vanessa Armstrong, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2024
• For instance, time-out reminders, focus modes and little nudges to take breaks can make a difference.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
• Today was to be the start of the second week of congestion pricing, which was due to begin last Sunday at midnight before Gov. Hochul called for a time-out.
  — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 7 July 2024
• The performance had a time-out as concertgoers drew Clarkson’s attention to a patron who had passed out on the packed floor area.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 26 Apr. 2023
• With Dallas not possessing any more time-outs, Jackson knelt out the victory.
  — Scott Thompson, Fox News, 23 Sep. 2024
• From first time-out called, to number of receiving yards, catches, sacks; odds are, there's odds on everything this Super Bowl.
  — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2024
• And some biz owners have struggled to set up accounts due to time-out errors and unclear instructions, per a local Reddit thread of gripes about it.
  — Karri Peifer, Axios, 26 Feb. 2025
• In an operating room, for example, anyone can call a time-out.
  — Caitlin Rivers, Foreign Affairs, 2 July 2024
• Later flights and those from smaller airports are more susceptible to crew time-out issues.
  — Zach Wichter, USA Today, 1 May 2025
• Vang’s punishments typically included time-outs that required Elijah to stand in the corner for up to three hours at a time.
  — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2024
• Depending on the severity, this might be a time-out from communication or even a complete cut-off.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 20 May 2024
• The world simply can’t afford another four-year time-out from aggressive climate action.
  — Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2023
• Allen being put on an ongoing time-out by the country music industry was remarkable after a rise that had seen three of his first four singles reach No. 1 at country radio.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 16 Mar. 2024
• In fact, prior to announcing the parliamentary time-out on the reforms in late March, Netanyahu was able to get the Knesset to pass a law that takes power away from the attorney general to declare a leader unfit for office.
  — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 2 May 2023
• Topline The Federal Reserve raised interest rates again Wednesday to a 16-year high, making borrowing costs between banks even more expensive and shaking off calls to take a time-out on hikes to focus on cooling the banking crisis.
  — Derek Saul, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
• Consult with your day-care provider about whether time-outs involving quiet moon-sand play would encourage more regulated decision-making.
  — Cora Frazier, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
• The altercation began as Herbert didn’t appreciate Schroder discussing something with center Daniel Theis during the time-out.
  — Scott Thompson, Fox News, 3 Sep. 2023
• But the four-time major champion player took an immediate medical time-out after converting her second set point.
  — Manasi Pathak, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025