How to Use outgoing in a Sentence

outgoing

adjective

• Outgoing mail goes in this box.
• From outside the bunker came the thud of an outgoing round.
  — Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2023
• The sound of outgoing rocket fire could be heard in Gaza.
  — Isabel Debre and Sam McNeil, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2023
• That amounts to a $4900 jump in starting price over the outgoing base version.
  — Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 21 June 2023
• That number could change, of course, with any outgoing transfers at the end of spring.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 7 Apr. 2023
• Thomas is outgoing and goes out with groups of friends, some of whom are married.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
• Use the metal clip inside the top box’s door to hold outgoing mail in a secure place.
  — Samantha S. Thorpe, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Mar. 2024
• In the era of landlines, a PR/TT meant getting a record of all the incoming and outgoing calls from a phone.
  — Devlin Barrett, Washington Post, 1 May 2023
• Still, some critics say the outgoing Lopez Obrador’s shadow looms over the contest.
  — Rafael Romo, CNN, 4 Oct. 2023
• One last tip, Farr said, is one that may require a bit more from people: Be outgoing.
  — Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Sep. 2023
• Clark said that Nevaeh was born healthy and was outgoing and sharp before the incident.
  — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
• The number of outgoing transfers shouldn’t come as a surprise.
  — Jason Beede, Orlando Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2023
• Instead of blue texts, outgoing texts to Android users were green.
  — Michael Dobuski, ABC News, 16 Dec. 2023
• Grady is a sweet 13-year-old boy with a great sense of humor who describes himself as very smart and outgoing.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 25 June 2023
• But that also means that AMG’s version is—on paper, at least—less of a hard-core sports car than the outgoing model.
  — Angus MacKenzie, Robb Report, 18 Aug. 2023
• What is the date the 10 outgoing schools officially leave the conference?
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
• Tawney was this soft-spoken, devout woman, while Sandy is this very showy and outgoing con artist.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 July 2023
• There's a line about watching movies with Mia, but again Mia is more of a socially outgoing person.
  — Hazlitt, 21 June 2023
• Alexander, according to George, is the more outgoing sibling — a fact that was proven when the boy crashed his dad's interview with GQ in 2021.
  — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023
• Boden is the outgoing chair of the Production Guild of Great Britain and recently stepped down after four years in the role, while remaining on the board.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Aug. 2023
• His outgoing spirit and warmth helped even shyer children open up around him.
  — Emma Tucker, CNN, 30 Oct. 2023
• Miles Reiter, the outgoing chief executive of Driscoll’s, spoke in support of the law.
  — Coral Davenport, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2023
• Invite a mixture of people that may not know each other, a mix of guests that are fun, talkative, outgoing and ready to make new friends!
  — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 19 June 2023
• Add the city of Richmond to the list of parties feeling burned by outgoing Commanders owner Dan Snyder.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2023
• There are shy animals, like the hermit crab, and outgoing animals, like the gibbon, shaking you down for your KIND bar in the rain forest.
  — Colin Nissan, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
• The interior is a nice uptick over the outgoing arrangement, with less hard plastic.
  — Sam Smith, Car and Driver, 24 July 2023
• Another issue broke outgoing links for a couple of hours last week.
  — Richard Lawler, The Verge, 21 Dec. 2023
• White, who has been on the series for more than four decades, is said to be making half of what outgoing host Pat Sajak earns and reportedly has not received a raise in 18 years.
  — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2023
• Loud explosions could be heard in Gaza from the Israeli strikes, as outgoing rockets whooshed into the skies toward Israel.
  — Josef Federman, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2023
• In Brownsville, Texas, 2,000 migrants are already coming across the border daily and the city’s outgoing mayor, Trey Mendez, knows those crossings are not planning to stay here.
  — ABC News, 7 May 2023

Last Updated: 6 May 2024