How to Use dole in a Sentence

dole

verb

• Pop these bad boys in the fridge and dole them out to assuage teething pain.
  — Lindsey Hunter Lopez, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2020
• Here's how all 50 states are scrambling to dole them out.
  — Elinor Aspegren, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2020
• How all 50 states scramble to dole them out is the next massive challenge.
  — USA Today, 12 Dec. 2020
• The restaurant made shots with espresso and vodka, shaking them up and then doling them out in a line of shot glasses at the bar.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2023
• Kansas City is clearly the better team and should easily dole Las Vegas its fifth loss in six games.
  — New York Times, 9 Dec. 2021
• Ben went there with a prescribed stash of painkillers for his back and methadone to curb his cravings, expecting someone would keep it for him and dole it out in small quantities.
  — Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Dec. 2022
• All other human passions are subsidiary to lust for money and contempt for those no longer in a position to dole it out.
  — Geoffrey O’Brien, The New York Review of Books, 29 Jan. 2020
• The sum of money, most likely doled This article is part of our premium archives.
  — Hilary Matfess, Foreign Affairs, 17 Aug. 2016
• Try sending your bestie an inspiring Bible verse or dole a compliment.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 18 Sep. 2023
• Drink the River, his fourth studio album, delivers this trifecta through each of its nine songs, doling them out in a way that feels like both a fever and a fairytale.
  — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 13 July 2023
• Stick the presents under the tree and dole them out in no particular order, with everyone receiving one.
  — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 28 Nov. 2022
• Now, the Minnesota Department of Revenue is figuring out exactly how to dole all that money out.
  — Briana Bierschbach, Star Tribune, 3 July 2021
• Critics say the city’s pension system, which is facing more than $3 billion in debt, should invest the bonus money to help reduce that debt instead of doling it out to eligible retirees.
  — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2023
• The seed and early-stage markets can absorb some extra capital while investors reassess, but the deals are by definition smaller and there’s simply too much money parked in VC funds to dole it all out in $1 million checks.
  — Walter Frick, Quartz, 4 May 2022
• But his embracing of a literal interpretation of the text, attributions and all, as well as doling this out in a single brief portion instead of part of an anthology, keeps things not just short but sharp.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2023
• In past years, when news breaks of luxury gift bags being doled as freebies, headlines inevitably surface about the tax liabilities incurred by recipients.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Dec. 2023
• Peterson said surveys indicate that despite omicron and inflation, big ticket purchases such as vacation, appliance and cars remain front of mind for consumers, who plan to dole the dollars for them over the next three to six months.
  — Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Jan. 2022
• The challenge for this incarnation of the 1975 musical, wrapping up a week-long pre-Broadway tryout at the National, is to make all that exuberance work more effectively by doling it out more sparingly.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2023
• Pop these bad boys in the fridge and dole them out to assuage teething pain.
  — Lindsey Hunter Lopez, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2020
• Here's how all 50 states are scrambling to dole them out.
  — Elinor Aspegren, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2020
• How all 50 states scramble to dole them out is the next massive challenge.
  — USA Today, 12 Dec. 2020
• The restaurant made shots with espresso and vodka, shaking them up and then doling them out in a line of shot glasses at the bar.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2023
• Kansas City is clearly the better team and should easily dole Las Vegas its fifth loss in six games.
  — New York Times, 9 Dec. 2021
• Ben went there with a prescribed stash of painkillers for his back and methadone to curb his cravings, expecting someone would keep it for him and dole it out in small quantities.
  — Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Dec. 2022
• All other human passions are subsidiary to lust for money and contempt for those no longer in a position to dole it out.
  — Geoffrey O’Brien, The New York Review of Books, 29 Jan. 2020
• The sum of money, most likely doled This article is part of our premium archives.
  — Hilary Matfess, Foreign Affairs, 17 Aug. 2016
• Try sending your bestie an inspiring Bible verse or dole a compliment.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 18 Sep. 2023
• Drink the River, his fourth studio album, delivers this trifecta through each of its nine songs, doling them out in a way that feels like both a fever and a fairytale.
  — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 13 July 2023
• Stick the presents under the tree and dole them out in no particular order, with everyone receiving one.
  — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 28 Nov. 2022
• Now, the Minnesota Department of Revenue is figuring out exactly how to dole all that money out.
  — Briana Bierschbach, Star Tribune, 3 July 2021

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024