How to Use out of doors in a Sentence

out of doors

adverb
  • New Year’s Eve may involve a lot of going in and out of doors.
    Traci Howerton, NOLA.com, 22 Dec. 2020
  • This marks the first time the rumored couple took their romance out of doors.
    Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 8 May 2018
  • Now the out of doors is miserable too, with record-breaking heat and smoke.
    Chronicle Staff, SFChronicle.com, 10 Sep. 2020
  • Just be sure to plant them in a container that can easily be moved in and out of doors.
    Jefferson County Cooperative Extension, AL.com, 4 Apr. 2018
  • While the air itself isn’t always coming from out of doors, it’s been pushed through a filter.
    Veronique Greenwood, Wired, 14 Oct. 2020
  • The over/under was developed purely for the enjoyment of the out of doors.
    Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Dec. 2017
  • There is the time between early March and mid-April when the scents of moist earth begin and the change in the nature of the sunlight draws people out of doors.
    Jim Gilbert, Star Tribune, 25 Mar. 2021
  • Only 35% are prepared to travel on an airplane, while 76% were willing to meet with a friend out of doors.
    Zane Sparling, oregonlive, 18 Dec. 2020
  • What’s more remarkable, Renoir executed the large canvas en plein-air—out of doors.
    Karen Wilkin, WSJ, 10 Oct. 2017
  • Your pets may be frightened by fireworks and bolt out of doors or yards, according to the Kentucky Humane Society.
    Louisville Courier Journal, The Courier-Journal, 14 Apr. 2021
  • Many models burn liquid fuel, others burn gaseous fuel stored in canisters and some even burn wood—the most common fuel found in the out of doors.
    Outdoor Life Commerce Team, Outdoor Life, 9 Mar. 2021
  • At first, these houses were empty too, but after a little while—maybe as more people returned from church—a few heads started poking out of doors.
    Molly Olmstead, Slate Magazine, 11 Dec. 2017
  • The mosque has moved prayers out of doors, and the call to prayer is now performed in hushed tones to avoid disturbing nearby residents, wrote Athar Siddiqee, chairman of the association, in an email.
    Anna Kramer, SFChronicle.com, 7 July 2020
  • In cities across the country, interracial crowds, united in masked joy, rushed out of doors as soon as the major networks finally called the presidential race for Joe Biden.
    Michael Kazin, The New Republic, 11 Feb. 2021
  • Socializing involves far too much being out of doors and a terrible amount of clothing wearing.
    Laura Norkin, Glamour, 29 May 2018
  • Getting a flu shot may be a little different this year, with some clinics moving out of doors, and shuttered workplaces not offering vaccines.
    Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2020
  • These outdoor homages to the allure of artificial light have been a seasonal fixture in Chicago for decades now, drawing humans out of doors and through the gates of normally quiet venues.
    Steve Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 20 Nov. 2019
  • Gatherings involving up to three households are only allowed out of doors anyway.
    Chronicle Staff, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Feb. 2021
  • Vibrant handbags and strappy sandals can help bring our looks from cold to warm-weather-appropriate, but the most festive accessory of them all is the hat—an item worn mainly when out of doors and, most of the time, when the sun is shining bright.
    Alexis Bennett, Vogue, 13 Apr. 2021
  • The Romantics probably had it right: Spending time out of doors can be an antidote to industrialization’s ill effects.
    Joumana Khatib, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2018
  • This might have been acceptable, even welcome, when work meant physical labor performed out of doors (beer breaks were common), but alcohol’s effects became a problem when work involved machines or numbers, as more and more of it did.
    Michael Pollan, The Atlantic, 6 Apr. 2020

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