How to Use out of order in a Sentence

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• Oh, and the phone that connects him to the lobby of the building is out of order.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2023
• One track is out of order: a minute-long recording of bells at the end.
  — Daniel Bromfield, SPIN, 27 Apr. 2023
• The strong playoff push knocked his rhythm out of order.
  — Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2023
• Hand washing sink in the kitchen and restroom are out of order.
  — Arkansas Online, 11 Apr. 2021
• In the show, the timeline of Catherine's pregnancy and the coup is out of order, paving the way for Peter to be alive, at least for now.
  — EW.com, 16 Nov. 2021
• The outage has also rendered wastewater pumps in the area out of order, and schools in the county have been closed.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2022
• Beale tried to force a City Council vote on the ordinance last month, but the mayor ruled him out of order.
  — John Byrne, chicagotribune.com, 12 Oct. 2021
• They get sent back, called out of order, subtracted from the bottom line.
  — Heather Lanier, Longreads, 10 Jan. 2023
• Chao also notes that this sketch was shot out of order, which added more challenges for the art department.
  — Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Aug. 2022
• However, if your gut biome is out of order, this may happen.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
• To do so any more extravagantly would have been out of order.
  — Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2021
• At least two aircraft were put out of order, according to satellite footage.
  — Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2022
• That would have to be flying through clouds on instruments only, with some of those instruments out of order.
  — Fox News, 28 Aug. 2021
• Lightfoot, wielding the gavel, declared them out of order.
  — Mick Dumke, ProPublica, 6 Nov. 2022
• Bridgerton season three is set to focus on Colin and Penelope's love story, going out of order from the books.
  — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 21 June 2022
• After struggling up the stairs (the elevator is, of course, out of order), Kevin drops the pot and gallons of chili spill all over the Dunder Mifflin carpet—and himself.
  — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 22 Nov. 2021
• Additionally, 87% of the ship’s fire stations were out of order.
  — Megan Rose, ProPublica, 30 Sep. 2022
• The artwork is in the former location of a centerpiece fountain, which has been out of order in the Southlake shopping center since its debut in 2015.
  — Anna Caplan, Dallas News, 21 July 2021
• After finding a charging station out of order at a grocery store, engineers went to a nearby hotel to get enough juice to finish the trip.
  — Tom Krisher and Mark Thiessen, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Mar. 2023
• People with aphasia can have problems finding words, use words out of order, speak in a choppy, halting manner or use short fragments of speech.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 30 Mar. 2022
• Replies to tweets would show up out of order, the notifications tab wouldn’t update, and the two-factor authentication tool failed for some.
  — Jennifer Korn, CNN, 12 Mar. 2023
• Cinemark San Antonio 16 One of the popcorn butter dispensers was out of order.
  — René A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Apr. 2022
• That way, you will be covered if a charging station is out of order or otherwise not accessible.
  — Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 22 Jan. 2023
• The resulting statements, numbered and sequenced out of order, make up the bulk of the book, which is arranged as a fragmentary bureaucratic report.
  — Stephen Kearse, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2022
• Her mother-in-law doted on her husband and was quick to criticize Ms. Xie if anything was out of order at home, sometimes even calling her at work to complain about dust in the corner or an unwashed plate in the sink.
  — New York Times, 6 July 2022
• The scene was shot out of order because Curtis didn’t want the actors crying for an entire day unnecessarily.
  — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2022
• Democrats are also grappling with anger from their liberal base over the exclusion of a minimum wage hike, which the parliamentarian ruled out of order for the bill.
  — Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner, 2 Mar. 2021
• Because neither objection was signed by a senator, Vice President Biden, who presided over the tally, ruled them out of order.
  — James Freeman, WSJ, 8 June 2022
• Because scenes are often shot out of order, designers need to plan accordingly.
  — Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2022
• Purposely wearing one out of order sends a disapproving ripple throughout the household.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2021

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024