How to Use cast off in a Sentence

cast off

verb

• Some scientists have already cast off the DSM’s blinkers.
  — Ingrid Wickelgren, Scientific American, 4 Mar. 2024
• Imagine winning games with a quarterback who was cast off by the Tennessee Titans less than two years after drafting him.
  — Steve Silverman, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
• It’s cast off in the sense that it’s allowed to float away.
  — David Marchese Photo Illustration By Bráulio Amado, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2024
• The captain stands on the flying bridge as the crew casts off.
  — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
• Madame X is on a mission to cast off the chains of the oppressed.
  — C.m., The Economist, 19 June 2019
• Check with staff to find the best places to cast off by season.
  — Amy Aumick, OrlandoSentinel.com, 7 May 2018
• They were both cast off by a then-crummy team, the Rams.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2018
• Around 25 million years ago, the apes split from the monkeys and cast off their tails.
  — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2024
• Sunday was a chance, the one day in the week, to cast off the shabby work clothes or the uniforms and show off.
  — Toby Zinman, Philly.com, 19 Mar. 2018
• One protester cast off his mask and stood up on the desks.
  — Time, 5 July 2019
• With the cast off, Lansford started in right field, then was moved to third base.
  — Phil Jensen, The Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2019
• Guests can cast off their cares at the spa and Turkish hammam.
  — Chris Leadbeater, National Geographic, 14 Aug. 2019
• Some leaders have said casting off the monarchy isn’t at the top of their to-do lists.
  — Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 5 May 2023
• And in the summer, as sanctions bite, the streets of Tehran rise up to cast off the Iranian regime.
  — The Economist, 7 June 2018
• In the spring, the bones are cast off, leaving behind bloody pedicles.
  — The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2022
• Natasha was pretty much cast off her tape alone, which is quite rare.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Dec. 2023
• Both have been cast off and discarded by other teams in the past.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 25 Sep. 2022
• The coach, too, might soon be dealt a fate similar to those of the many players whom the franchise cast off.
  — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2020
• Antonio didn’t like it and wished his doctor would saw the cast off.
  — Lizzie Johnson, Washington Post, 3 May 2023
• Daylight was still four hours away and would cast off again by midafternoon.
  — Stuart Stevens, Outside Online, 12 Dec. 2017
• Stressed plants tend to cast off the poorly performing leaves that were first to form but now are in the shade of the other leaves.
  — oregonlive, 25 July 2021
• Although bothered by the crash, Salinas Pliego seemed to want to cast off from the subject.
  — Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2024
• By March 1, Trump seemed finally to have cast off the restraints.
  — Time, 7 Mar. 2018
• Each has been cast off by a troubled family and left to be raised by nuns.
  — John Timpane, Philly.com, 14 Dec. 2017
• That might mean casting off the chinos and puffer vests and embracing new brands and styles.
  — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 16 July 2024
• Abe wants to amend the clause denying Japan a full-fledged military and cast off some of the postwar shackles.
  — Anna Fifield, Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2018
• For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 21 May 2021
• Persevere in the faith, cast off all fear and keep your heart strong; God will never forsake you.
  — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 4 May 2022
• To cast off the high school persona and fly as a woman instead of darting around like a little girl?
  — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 7 July 2023
• The stars in that phase are in the process of casting off their outer later, resulting in halos of gas and dust.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 15 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024