How to Use fan out in a Sentence

fan out

phrasal verb

• But ahead, the group abandoned the queue and fanned out.
  — Elizabeth Hewitt, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2023
• In those days, even winning wasn’t enough to bring the fans out.
  — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
• Roots should fan out wide rather than grow in a circle.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024
• Rangers and others fanned out to search in the gathering dusk.
  — Jesse McKinley, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2023
• But about halfway through cooking, the potatoes start to fan out.
  — Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
• Of course, there are lots of good fans out there who cheer and otherwise keep quiet.
  — Stephen Borelli, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2024
• Instead of tucking the ends under, leave them to fan out slightly and tie the bundle with a piece of twine.
  — Maggie Burch, Southern Living, 24 Jan. 2024
• Trust me there is no football fan out there that wants their team to have a mediocre season.
  — Daniel Kohn, Spin, 6 Sep. 2023
• In that stretch, the Warriors hustled back on defense, starting from the nail and fanning out from there.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2024
• Even before the flashing lights of the rides and games fan out in front of you, the scents of sugar and barbecue smoke smack you headlong.
  — Jenna Schnuer, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Aug. 2023
• In dusty fields and orchards, other forces fanned out to search for militants on foot.
  — Susannah George, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2023
• Road-tripping through Wyoming and Montana made a country music fan out of me.
  — Sarah Khan, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Dec. 2023
• Some were made with prisms that fan out the starlight, creating what's known as stellar spectra.
  — Lucy Evans, Scientific American, 22 June 2023
• Poker experts then fan out to each table to deal a few hands for the attendees.
  — Time, 24 July 2023
• The exhibit fans out around a structure that replicates the form of a Buddhist stupa.
  — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2023
• North American tour that brought fans out of the house for one of the first, and most outrageous, post-pandemic tours.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 5 June 2023
• Minaj burst onto the scene in 2010 with a bubblegum pink wig to match her ultra-tall platforms and a mauve dress that fanned out around her.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 7 Dec. 2023
• The scene conforms to the fractal pattern fanning out across the text: the fact of domination, the feeling of being ruled.
  — Tobi Haslett, Harper's Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
• And door knockers are fanning out from Des Moines to Dubuque and everywhere in between.
  — Shane Goldmacher, New York Times, 27 Nov. 2023
• In the aftermath of the attacks, Israeli aid groups fanned out across the country trying to support the victims of the Hamas rampage.
  — Majd Al-Waheidi, NPR, 5 May 2024
• My colleagues fanned out across the area to put together neighborhood guides that highlight L.A. through the people and places that bring it to life.
  — Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2023
• Then teams will fan out to other food deserts — places like Bryan’s neighborhood with few fresh food options — with the aim of planting 37 farms over three years.
  — Brennon Dixson, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023
• Then group divided into teams and fanned out through the city to offer services or help as needed.
  — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 20 Mar. 2024
• Dukes has raised generations of changemakers, now fanned out around the world.
  — Tiana Woodard, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2023
• The fires started Tuesday and fanned out across the island, growing in size and destructive power.
  — Karina Zaiets, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023
• There are dark patches on the ground fanning out in a southwesterly direction from the crater.
  — Paul P. Murphy, CNN, 21 Oct. 2023
• Large numbers of police forces with shields and visors fanned out on the streets, and parts of Bergen’s city center were cordoned off because of the violence.
  — Tia Goldenberg, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2023
• On the delta, which fans out for sixty miles before reaching the Caspian Sea, pairs of fighter jets zoomed by at low altitude.
  — Elettra Pauletto, Harper's Magazine, 11 Dec. 2023
• Over the millennia, the Dravidians migrated to the southern part of the subcontinent, while the Aryans fanned out across the north.
  — Phillip M. Carter, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2023
• Happily in love while hanging fans out to dry, as if nothing happened.
  — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 7 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024