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How to use bout in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb, preposition

Bout means a period of something, especially one painful or unpleasant, like an illness. Example: “They're talking bout you!”

Examples of bout by meaning

nounA period of something, especially one painful or unpleasant, like an illness.

  • a bout of drought
  • a coughing bout
  • a long bout of the flu

nounThe going and returning of a plough, or other implement used to mark the ground and create a headland, across a field.

  • It is in this manner that the ploughs are reversed at the termination of each bout of the field.1922, “An Ingenious One-Way Agrimotor”, in The Commercial Motor, volume 34, Temple Press, page 32

prepositionApheretic form of about.

  • They're talking bout you!
  • Maddy is bout to get beat up!
  • He talked to Kathy Fri nite bout having a dress up party at her place.1973 January 9, Lou Sullivan, Diary

More sentences with bout

  • After my bout with Guillan-Barre Syndrome, it took me 6 months to be up and about again.From the entry about
  • The boxing champ laced on his gloves before the big bout.From the entry glove
  • Fortunately, my episodic bouts of dizziness didn't prevent me from climbing Chichen Itzá.From the entry episodic
  • And we 'bout it e'ry day, e'ry day like we sitting on a bench.From the entry e'ry
  • "That colour does nothing for you" "Argh! And you do nothing but complain bout everything!"From the entry do nothing
  • He has no boxing skills; he won the bout with brute strength.From the entry brute strength
  • The championship bout was a slugfest; both boxers were bloodied.From the entry slugfest
  • What do ya think 'bout it? It rawks!From the entry rawk
  • I need 'bout three dollars and fitty cents.From the entry fitty
  • The UK economy is suffering a nasty bout of stagflation and the prospects appear poor.2023 June 17, Chris Giles, Delphine Strauss, “Britain’s economic malaise”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry stagflation
  • “Hakkeyoi!” shouted the gyōji, signaling the start of the bout while raising his war fan.2023, Kawausoutan, translated by Adam, “Sumo at Aryaka’s Royal Castle”, in Grand Sumo Villainess, volume 1, J-Novel Club, →ISBN. From the entry gyōji
  • Talkin' 'bout your flipchild, he buckwild; talkin' 'bout your stepchild, he buckwild.2022, Longmont Potion Castle, Longmont Potion Castle 19, DU Records. From the entry buck wild
  • Dawg I'm bout to give this mans a deafaz if he don't nize it.2017 June 9, Eul Basa, “The Ultimate Guide To Toronto Slang For Everyday Situations”, in Narcity, archived from the original on 26 May 2022. From the entry deafaz
  • Since we’re BFFs now, how ’bout telling me why you tried to kill my brother.2017, Stuart R. West, Nightmare of Nannies, Crossroad Press, published 2022. From the entry friendsies
  • McGuire 'bout you an' dah children movin' here dis week from Minnesota.2016, Judy Newton, Hi Harry, Outskirts Press, →ISBN, page 439. From the entry you'ins
  • Let me holla at my whodies, and let them know I'm 'bout to go M.L.A.2015, Raynesha Pittman, “Cognac: Straight, No Ice”, in The TurnOut Queens: The Anthology, Artist Revolt Publications, →ISBN, page 208. From the entry woadie
  • It was her second successful bout with the illness in three years.2014, Lowell Cauffiel, Forever and Five Days: The Chilling True Story of Love, Betrayal, and Serial Murder in Grand Rapids, Michigan, →ISBN. From the entry old man's friend
  • Ain't like dyin' is some newfanglement nobody ever heard nothin' 'bout afore.2014, Donald McCaig, Ruth's Journey. From the entry newfanglement
  • "Well then,” dropping her bathrobe, lewding her lips, “how 'bout some lovee?”2011, Cooper, The Queen's Assassin, page 189. From the entry lewd
  • In summer you can nip over to the Lido for a paddle and a bout of sandcastling.2010 February 1, Jonathan Buckley, The Rough Guide to Venice & the Veneto, Rough Guides UK, →ISBN, Travelling with children. From the entry sandcastling
  • "'Bout time the po' got here," someone said loud enough for Bree to hear.2009, Debra Webb, Secrets in Four Corners, Toronto, Ont. […]: Harlequin, →ISBN, page 155. From the entry po
  • Acute stress, such as a bout of exercise, is accepted to cause an array of immunologic changes.2007, Edwards KM, Burns VE, Carroll D, Drayson M, Ring C, “The acute stress-induced immunoenhancement hypothesis”, in Exerc Sport Sci Rev…. From the entry immunoenhancement
  • As sadly found in many a spawnpoint near many a bout of Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory these days.2007 March, PC Zone, number 178, page 19. From the entry spawnpoint
  • China can bring on serious bouts of kalopsia in otherwise intelligent observers.2006 April 23, The Times. From the entry kalopsia
  • "Prob'ly 'bout rurned him." I don't say nothing, just stare at the ground.2005, Nathaniel Cody Oliver, A Simple Kind of Man. From the entry rurn
  • There are, however, occasional bouts of genuine hospitality, with no strings or inverted commas attached.2004, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Pete Grant, Blowing the Blues: Fifty Years Playing the British Blues, page 122. From the entry facility trip
  • Every Christmas I get to thinkin' 'bout Santa's reindeers with their red noses.2003, Kiyohiko Azuma, edited by ADV manga, Azumanga Daioh : The Manga, volume 1, page 160. From the entry 'bout
  • White blackfeller wantum know 'bout old Sarah, an' Sargint he tellum she goodoh.1998, Arthur W. Upfield, The Bone is Pointed, →ISBN, page 82. From the entry wantum
  • Her bouts of Rollerblading seem to coincide with fights with Eye Guy.1997, Maggie Estep, Diary of an Emotional Idiot: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Harmony Books, →ISBN, page 6. From the entry upper
  • Syncope is estimated to occur in bouts of headache in approximately 5% of adult patients with migraine.1995, Robert A. Davidoff, Migraine: Manifestations, Pathogenesis, and Management, page 60. From the entry migraine
  • "I don't know nothin' 'bout killin' no ladies," Fenwyck said, and bowed to Elo.1992 September 25, Gina Ritter, “Castle -- Meghin and All: "Breakfasties!"”, in alt.romance.chat (Usenet), archived from the original on…. From the entry pleasies
  • He told me that Buster took her face 'bout right off.1991, Stephen King, Needful Things. From the entry bluejacket
  • He was frettin' and fiddlin' over a new story 'bout that riff-raffy Huckleberry Finn.1987, Bernard Sabath, You Caught Me Dancing, page 18. From the entry riff-raffy

Meaning of bout

  1. noun A period of something, especially one painful or unpleasant, like an illness.
  2. noun A boxing match.
  3. noun An assault (a fencing encounter) at which the score is kept.

Full definition of bout

Questions about bout in a sentence

How do you use bout in a sentence?
Bout is used as a noun, verb and preposition. For example: “They're talking bout you!”
What is a short sentence with bout?
“a coughing bout”
What does bout mean?
Bout means a period of something, especially one painful or unpleasant, like an illness.

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