How to Use sellout in a Sentence

sellout

noun
  • The union sees the deal as a sellout.
  • The concert was a sellout.
  • Angry fans called him a sellout when he started appearing in television commercials.
  • The game is a sellout, and the fans will be loud as always.
    Paris Wolfe, cleveland, 1 Oct. 2022
  • Aranda made sure to shout-out the sellout crowd that showed up.
    Dallas News, 14 Nov. 2022
  • The other two games of that series were close to sellouts.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2023
  • The Pine Knob show was the fastest sellout of this tour, Jelly Roll pointed out.
    Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The game is also the Wings’ first sellout of the season, the team announced earlier in the week.
    Peter Rauterkus, Dallas News, 10 June 2023
  • The Rangers had been scheduled to open the season at home with the New York Yankees, a sure-fire sellout.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Blue and gold was sprinkled throughout the sellout crowd.
    Chris Fedor, cleveland, 21 Jan. 2023
  • The sellout crowd began to applaud as soon as the first image of Cassidy popped on the board.
    Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Dec. 2022
  • The model was produced in a run of just 1,500 pieces and was an instant sellout.
    Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2022
  • The Bulldogs are looking forward to the atmosphere of the sellout crowd.
    John Bohnenkamp, ajc, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Wake hopes to have a sellout at its season opener for the second straight year.
    Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The Lakers led by as many as 24 points in the second half of Game 6 in front of a raucous sellout crowd at Crypto.com Arena.
    Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 13 May 2023
  • Arizona is seeking the first signature win of the Jedd Fisch era in what should be the first sellout at UA since 2015.
    oregonlive, 7 Oct. 2022
  • Even so, it’s been years since the trio stopped making decisions based on the fear that some fans might call them sellouts.
    Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Every Iowa true road game this season has been a sellout.
    Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 4 Feb. 2024
  • With the sellout crowd seemingly at full throat, Stanley missed the second.
    Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Each show was a near sellout as fans and those new to storytelling flooded back to in-person events.
    The Arizona Republic, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Ticket prices have yet to be announced, but a swift sellout is likely.
    Journal Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The Utes, not the Gators, are the unanimous betting favorite for a game that has already been announced as a sellout.
    Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Minnesota wasn't fazed by the frenzied sellout crowd at Golden 1 Center and pulled away in the fourth quarter for the win.
    Josh Dubow, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The Suns hosted a sellout crowd for a 32nd consecutive game.
    oregonlive, 10 May 2022
  • Alvarez caught the ball up against the fence for the final out of the inning, as the sellout crowd exhaled and Alec Bohm, on second base screamed in disbelief.
    Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 6 Nov. 2022
  • The 2022 festival was an advance sellout for the first time in its history.
    Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Noah Gotsis took a no-hitter into the sixth inning for Hartford in front of the 34th sellout crowd this season.
    Staff Reports, Hartford Courant, 21 Aug. 2022
  • On what was Bennett's 95th birthday, a sellout crowd was waiting.
    David Morgan, CBS News, 21 July 2023
  • Special props go to Jonathan Groff for turning the villainous Frank into a sellout with soul.
    The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Some artist friends cursed his success, describing him as a sellout.
    Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2022

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