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How to use outing in a sentence

38 example sentences · noun

Outing means a pleasure trip or excursion. Example: “Her dad is so opinionated that the others' preferences were overridden and no one had any fun on the outing.”

Examples of outing by meaning

nounA pleasure trip or excursion.

  • This was a fine day's outing for anybody who had been cooped up in the shops for a few months.1944 September and October, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 285

nounA performance in public, for example in a drama, film, on a musical album, as a sports contestant etc.

  • The role is the latest dramatic outing for Radcliffe since the end of the successful Potter franchise.2012, BBC News, Daniel Radcliffe defends casting as poet Allen Ginsberg
  • Southampton had two of the best full-backs in the league last season but Ryan Bertrand has been below par this season and Cédric Soares made an uncharacteristic lapse that led to Stoke’s winning goal in Southampton’s last outing.2017 October 14, Paul Doyle, “Mauricio Pellegrino yet to find attacking solution for stuttering Southampton”, in the Guardian

nounThe act of publicly revealing that a person is homosexual or transgender without that person's consent.

  • Advocates for gay and lesbian issues suggest the increase in discharges reflects the hostility of the military towards homosexual soldiers and a growing number of "forced outings" of gay and lesbian troops.2006, Matthew Hoddie, Ethnic Realignments

More sentences with outing

  • Her dad is so opinionated that the others' preferences were overridden and no one had any fun on the outing.From the entry opinionated
  • Frank was so pleased; his precious car had enjoyed another dingless outing.2011, Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Amy Newmark, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Family Matters. From the entry dingless
  • Golf is a casual outing for the weekend player, with an untailored budget.2008 April 14, “On Course: Ooh, Ah, Fashion”, in New York Times. From the entry untailored
  • Thursday, he was one strike from a third consecutive scoreless outing, including an intrasquad game last month.2007 March 11, The Associated Press, “With Respect for Every Pitch, Parque Plots Comeback in Seattle”, in New York Times. From the entry intrasquad
  • These provide various activities including sport, art and craft and outings to interesting places.2000, Christine Hobart, Jill Frankel, Foundations in Caring for Children, page 193. From the entry playscheme
  • Their new jazzcore outing is everything the men in furs are not: chaotic, uncontrolled, sloppy, and low-fi.1997, CMJ New Music Monthly, number 41, page 46. From the entry jazzcore
  • It's an outing for the boy, who walks ahead eating a Dixie Cup fudge sundae.1979, Wright Morris, Fire Sermon, →ISBN, page 50. From the entry dixie cup
  • Mind you, it was not an outing I would recommend as relaxing.1960 January, G. Freeman Allen, “"Condor"—British Railways' fastest freight train”, in Trains Illustrated, page 47. From the entry mind you
  • Her body was thick in a shapeless outing flannel bathrobe many moons past color and design.1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely. From the entry outing flannel
  • Dougherty had intended to make the outing with his unwonted wife an inconspicuous one.1903–1906, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “Dougherty’s Eye-opener”, in The Voice of the City, complete edition, Garden City…. From the entry carib
  • In those three outings, he allowed a total of four runs and struck out at least eight batters all three times.2025 June 4, Alex Stumpf, “'Win or Lose,' Skenes out to control what he can control”, in MLB. From the entry thrice
  • ET, with no team willing to assume the approximately $3 million remaining on his contract even before his poor outing.2025 August 16, Ken Rosenthal, “Jon Gray goes unclaimed after Rangers place him on waivers: Sources”, in The Athletic, The New York Times…. From the entry waivers
  • Do we need three people to plan a casual outing?2020, Kelly Jamieson, You Had Me at Hockey. From the entry yikes on bikes
  • Plan an outing to a local cidery or apple farm.2017, Amy E. Reichert, The Simplicity of Cider, page 321. From the entry cidery
  • On her outings she travelled in a nalki.2013, Shamsur Rahman Faruqi, The Mirror of Beauty, page 303. From the entry nalki
  • The outing begins by Thursday noon, when the recreational vehicles start rumbling into town and their owners set up bivouacs.September 23, 2005, Boston Globe. From the entry bivouac
  • Our zombie dance began with a first outing, our first lace dress for church, our first communion, our first dance.2003, Edwidge Danticat, The Butterfly's Way. From the entry zombie dance
  • I find it very hard to believe that Hafele and Keating were just taking their little clockies on an outing.2002 May 10, Max Keon, “H&K Experiment Falsifies Relativity.”, in sci.physics.relativity (Usenet), archived from the original on 22 Aug 2025. From the entry clockie
  • It just seems weird (prima-donnaish?) to wait a month (until he has an awesome outing under his belt) to retaliate.1992 July 20, [Heather] <hhenderson@vax.clarku.edu>, “Baseball Buns: Rocket Roger [Clemens]'s Latest”, in rec.sport.baseball (Usenet)…. From the entry prima-donnaish
  • For the foreign experts at Nanjing University it meant an all-day outing to Mount Langya in Anhui Province.1985 October 1, James Friend, edited by Beverly Friend, China Journal: A World of Difference, volume I, Lincolnwood, Ill.: Friendly Books…. From the entry Langya
  • Especially is this true of rubber panties worn over the diaper, which are serviceable only for a short outing.1938, Harry Lowenburg, Care of Infants and Children, Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill Book Company, page 195. From the entry rubber panties
  • Vettori paid the price for a wicketless outing in the final one-day international against the West Indies on Tuesday, slipping from first place to second.2009 January 14, AAP, “Nathan Bracken returns to No.1 in ODI bowling rankings”, in Herald Sun. From the entry wicketless
  • Madeline was in on the routine, and shortly after Louise exited, the swain and his armpiece departed for their outing to Little's Music Shop.2007, Jane Hamilton, When Madeline Was Young, page 116. From the entry armpiece
  • An activities coordinator named Suzy Ghosh came by with orientative tidings and registration forms for the afternoon’s outings in Newport, Rhode Island.2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections. From the entry orientative
  • Great for sports equipment or any outing with its tough fabric of water-repellent Cordura and a handy "wet-bag" waterproof compartment for swim suits, towels, etc.1977 March 14, “Long and short bags for the long and short haul [advertisement]”, in New York, New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN…. From the entry wet bag
  • These are both Oscar bait outings.1968 December 16, New York Magazine, volume 1, number 37, →ISSN, page 5. From the entry Oscar bait
  • This is going to mean a gold watch and a week's outing at Southend with full pay for both of us or I'm a Dutchman.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London. From the entry Southend
  • The opposite of an escapist blockbuster, the eighth and apparently final outing for Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt is the doomiest and gloomiest yet in the action-adventure franchise.2025 May 14, Nicholas Barber, “'A miserable, apocalyptic tract': Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning could be 'the feel-bad film of…. From the entry gloomy
  • I'll never forget those group outings in our early years (although the outings that ended up at The Continental are harder to recall, for some mysterious reason).2016 October 21, Neil Myler, Building and Interpreting Possession Sentences, MIT Press, →ISBN. From the entry cohortmate
  • The Raja, for example, escaped and, while in disguise, finds work as Bahram's munshi or secretary – but these strands never quite recover the verve of their first outing.2011 June 11, Tessa Hadley, “River of Smoke by Amitav Ghosh – review”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News &…. From the entry munshi
  • We go Wikigroaning on the SA forums from time to time and feel confident enough to share the fruits of our latest outing with the public.2007 June 5, Jon Hendren, “The Art of Wikigroaning”, in Something Awful, archived from the original on 14 Jan 2024. From the entry Wikigroaning
  • After his first two outings, Flip the Frog's froginess was quickly toned down, and he become species-ambiguous, with his white-gloved hands, white-shoed feet and upright posture.2004, Jerry Beck, Animation art: from pencil to pixel, the history of cartoon, animé & CGI, page 46. From the entry froginess
  • National Day in China is like the Fourth of July at home — firecrackers and fireworks, picnics and outings, patriotic speeches and all the pomp that circumstance can muster.1985 October 1, James Friend, edited by Beverly Friend, China Journal: A World of Difference, volume I, Lincolnwood, Ill.: Friendly Books…. From the entry Langya
  • Once the party outing season in June is over, Saturday long-distance traffic at Waterloo closely follows the public timetable and few unadvertised relief trains have to be run.1962 April, J. N. Faulkner, “Summer Saturday at Waterloo”, in Modern Railways, page 263. From the entry unadvertised

Meaning of outing

  1. noun A pleasure trip or excursion.
  2. noun A performance in public, for example in a drama, film, on a musical album, as a sports contestant etc.
  3. noun The act of publicly revealing that a person is homosexual or transgender without that person's consent.

Full definition of outing

Questions about outing in a sentence

How do you use outing in a sentence?
Outing is used as a noun. For example: “Her dad is so opinionated that the others' preferences were overridden and no one had any fun on the outing.”
What is a short sentence with outing?
“These are both Oscar bait outings.”
What does outing mean?
Outing means a pleasure trip or excursion.

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