How to Use put aside in a Sentence

put aside

phrasal verb
  • Hamilton was able to put aside its 18-0 shutout against Badin in Week 1 and move on from it.
    Chris Vogt, The Enquirer, 26 Aug. 2023
  • When not in use, the chairs can be folded up and put aside for easy storage.
    Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 25 June 2023
  • What impelled you to put aside the instinct for self-preservation and risk your lives to take these cliffs?
    The Editors, National Review, 6 June 2024
  • For just as long, concerns of this variety could be put aside.
    Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2024
  • Like so many living artists, Meisel may be reluctant to see his work summed up and put aside.
    Vince Aletti, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Allen put aside a three-turnover outing to cap a eight-play, 74-yard drive with a go-ahead 5-yard touchdown pass to Dawson Knox.
    John Wawrow, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2024
  • At the funeral Thursday, Trump seemed to put aside his anger and his need to be the center of attention.
    Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Only one long-term treatment, however, has the best chances of success: putting aside the bong or blunt for good.
    Molly Sullivan, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024
  • In it, the arbitrator went to great lengths to plead with Linda and Leigh to put aside their differences.
    Bill Donahue, Billboard, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Has there been internal growth putting aside personal goals for the team?
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 29 Feb. 2024
  • So is his willingness to put aside his ego to let Evans shine from rinkside and feature Fox’s insights from the booth.
    Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2023
  • As Israel grieves and goes on the offensive, some of the deep, long lasting divisions have been put aside.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 13 Oct. 2023
  • For one game, the Raiders were able to put aside the disappointment of last season in which eight of their 11 losses were decided by 7 points or less.
    Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 17 Sep. 2023
  • For now, put aside the monuments to our celebrity dead and their tourism industry subset.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
  • This year, her sister Khloé Kardashian also put aside the vibrant fits for a more neutral look.
    Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Studios are known for being fierce rivals, but in this instance, differences were put aside as the crowd paid tribute to Lomis.
    Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Apr. 2023
  • But Santos proved toxic enough for many Republicans to put aside those concerns and back his ouster.
    Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 1 Dec. 2023
  • In the 1970s, Botero put aside painting and began to experiment with sculptures in bronze, marble and cast iron, which brought him great success.
    Manuel Rueda The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2023
  • And put aside the fact that IVF is hugely popular across party lines and even among evangelicals.
    S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
  • Whitmer, a proud Michigan State graduate, put aside the in-state rivalry beef to celebrate the win.
    Jared Ramsey, Detroit Free Press, 9 Jan. 2024
  • But much of the material will be put aside for future generations to study.
    Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Amid these challenges, Kerry wants the two countries to put aside their differences in making a deal to further cut emissions.
    Time, 20 July 2023
  • Those divisions were largely put aside after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack.
    Samy Magdy, Twin Cities, 1 Jan. 2024
  • The actor shouted out Pataky, 47, during his own speech, honoring his wife of more than 13 years for putting aside her own acting career to support his.
    Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 23 May 2024
  • The United States and Russia have been able to put aside their differences to engage with each other on nuclear arms control in the past, says Kimball.
    Mathias Hammer, TIME, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Waldeck-Rousseau was able to forge a compromise because political leaders were willing to put aside differences for the greater good and prod the populace to do the same.
    Maurice Samuels / Made By History, TIME, 21 May 2024
  • There was also an immaculate English sparkling wine, going some way to proving that even the English and the Scots will put aside their differences in pursuit of a good drink.
    Jamie Timson, The Week Uk, theweek, 22 Mar. 2024
  • In the early days of the war, as the country rallied behind its president, oligarchs had little choice but to put aside their political agendas and help with the war effort.
    Constant Méheut, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2024
  • One of them, a Native student, had put aside community work to study at Berkeley with Hoover’s encouragement.
    Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Much harder, but more interesting, would be an effort by the big donors to put aside the simple, knee-jerk tribal behavior that led to the current embarrassment.
    Michael Cieply, Deadline, 14 July 2024

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