How to Use callout in a Sentence

callout

1 of 2 noun
  • And raucous callouts to unions were strategically placed in many of the celebratory roll call votes.
    Daniel Klaidman, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2024
  • Yet another moment that deserves a singular callout is a crisp Balmain leather minidress with high shoulders in episode two.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Weather was clear and the SpaceX launch director gave the go for launch, but that was immediately followed by an abort callout with 46 seconds before liftoff.
    Richard Tribou Orlando Sentinel (tns), arkansasonline.com, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Pair them with the above book for a fun callout to the fandom.
    Cai Cramer, EW.com, 2 Dec. 2022
  • This is a callout for kids’ opinions on anything in the sports world.
    Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 31 Mar. 2020
  • The callouts can go pretty far down the rabbit hole — in fact, the further the better.
    Stephen Carter, chicagotribune.com, 4 May 2018
  • Other racing callouts can be seen in the headlight shape, long and placed low on the nose.
    Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 9 June 2023
  • Around that time in 1998, Jansen saw the callout for open tryouts for the Colts announcer.
    The Indianapolis Star, 26 Oct. 2022
  • One of her earliest posts, in June 2016, was a callout.
    NBC News, 5 Apr. 2021
  • About one-fifth of the callouts at Los Padrinos and Nidorf last month came from staffers on the temporary stints.
    Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
  • Thank you to those who responded to my callout, and to those reading this.
    Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2020
  • As is the out-of-pocket nature of rap beef, both callouts were shocking.
    Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 8 May 2024
  • But the on-stage denial seemed to irk Warren, who may have felt that this live TV callout breached their pact.
    Tanya Edwards, refinery29.com, 17 Jan. 2020
  • The submissions this year were in response to the event’s callout for new voices.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 May 2022
  • First on the callout is this Frigidaire window unit, which just so happens to be our pick for the best budget AC.
    Eunice Lucero-Lee, Popular Mechanics, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Trail runners were the most requested piece of gear in our callout.
    Ebony Roberts, Outside Online, 20 Apr. 2022
  • The school sent a callout message to parents to inform them of the incident.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 6 Feb. 2023
  • The response to the initial callout for my project was overwhelming.
    Ashley Larue, courant.com, 24 July 2019
  • That being said, pants are a safe bet for nearly all courses, with a few callouts.
    Red Fabbri, Travel + Leisure, 29 May 2024
  • Watch the website for events, exhibitions, and callouts (and cash prizes) to artists: whittierartgallery.org/events.
    Diego Medrano, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2019
  • That same sentiment was echoed in many of your comments in our callout.
    Ryan Fonsecastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2022
  • In the rapid-fire callout culture of our current moment people don’t take the time to reflect on the tone, and the tone becomes lost.
    Mary Nahorniak, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2017
  • At the time of that police callout, her connection to the death was not apparent.
    Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 12 June 2017
  • Fashion callouts aren't exactly rare in the hip-hop world.
    Jonathan Evans, Esquire, 26 May 2016
  • The ominous threat—and callout to his followers—is a sign of how much pressure Trump is under.
    Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani, The New Republic, 24 July 2023
  • Speaking of which, elsewhere in the show there’s a callout to the facekini, the full-face swim guard for those hyper-concerned about sun damage.
    Laura Regensdorf, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2017
  • The message has a timestamp for Aug. 9, well before the Instagram callout was filmed.
    Natalie B. Compton, Sofia Andrade, Hannah Sampson, Gabe Hiatt, Reshma Kirpalani, Andrea Sachs, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Aug. 2023
  • This offending article is far, far from the first callout Houston's team has seen over the past two years.
    Abigail Rosenthal, Chron, 30 Dec. 2021
  • Yet, despite a healthy ego and a raconteur’s élan, after Lasseter’s callout—and some laughter in the room—Smith stayed in his seat and said nothing.
    Steven Levy, Wired, 31 Aug. 2021
  • Next, the trio put a callout on social media looking for a young female lead guitarist.
    Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 28 Dec. 2021
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call out

2 of 2 verb
  • Lindor, keeping a watchful eye on the play, re-applied the tag, and this time Ohtani was called out.
    Dan Freedman, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
  • While Vance didn't mention the Grammy winner, viewers online called out one of his own style choices— a pink tie.
    Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The song wouldn’t be released until the following year, at which point the rising pop star would be called out for plagiarizing its lyrics from a popular Tumblr post.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2024
  • The band called out all of the bunny hats and light sticks in the crowd.
    Kayla Samoy, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2023
  • At the third door, a man answered and called out to the boy.
    Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 26 Mar. 2024
  • For the first three months of this year, they’ve been called out 70 times.
    Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2023
  • They were not called out on the slide or in the footnotes at the end of the slide deck.
    Joanna Nelius, The Verge, 19 July 2024
  • From the holding cell, one of the boys called out for the bathroom.
    Sufian Taha, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Those fans calling out to the players from the first rows by the dugout?
    Scott Miller, Twin Cities, 19 July 2024
  • Aachen, four and a half hours by train from London, was the first to call out.
    William Cook, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Oct. 2022
  • In the linebackers room, Pittman called out Max Tooley.
    Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Sep. 2023
  • At one point, a prisoner called out to guards that the bound man on the floor was dying.
    Sabra Ayres, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2024
  • What sticks in her mind is when Hill called out Holcomb for the mask mandates.
    Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Earlier in the game, Jung had been called out on strikes on a pitch that appeared to be off the plate.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 26 July 2023
  • This is far from the first time artists have called out tech companies for their use of AI.
    Laura Bratton, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2024
  • This time of year, the night air is filled with the creature’s song, calling out into the dark for a chance at love.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 22 May 2024
  • Page called out, as the massive mammals saunter in front of a nearby boat.
    Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Dame Dash has called out 50 Cent with a challenge to put his resources and money up to the test.
    Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 5 Sep. 2024
  • About an hour later, a soldier calls out my name and orders me to stand near the gate.
    Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
  • When Floyd used one of his last breaths to call out for his mother, Johnson wept.
    Melissa Chan, Time, 3 June 2020
  • And the compost pile calls out for some dry material to soak up the rain.
    Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 13 July 2023
  • In Trump, Jack saw someone who was at least willing to call out stupid rules.
    Melina Mara, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2023
  • In some cases, even the National Guard has been called out to enforce the law.
    William E. Trachman, National Review, 4 Feb. 2024
  • The key for the Jayhawks will be to call out ball screens and run him off the line whenever possible.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The lyrics are now a phrase commonly used to call out hypocrisies and double standards.
    Ryan Morik, Fox News, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Jake was calling out people left and right, yelling, trying to cause chaos.
    EW.com, 13 June 2024
  • This isn’t the first time tech companies have been called out for their lack of preparedness.
    Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Students who were watching called out the male student for pushing the girl first and using the N-word against her.
    Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Now Barker is calling out the studios behind the show for their lack of support.
    Carita Rizzo, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Vander Plaats also called out Trump for picking a fight with Reynolds.
    Musadiq Bidar, CBS News, 14 July 2023

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