How to Use sellout in a Sentence
- The union sees the deal as a sellout.
- The concert was a sellout.
- Angry fans called him a sellout when he started appearing in television commercials.
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The game is a sellout, and the fans will be loud as always.
— Paris Wolfe, cleveland, 1 Oct. 2022 -
Some fans would scream sellout for the move to Sire Records.
— Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 2 Mar. 2022 -
The game is a sellout, which didn’t seem likely at the start of the season.
— Jim Ingraham, Forbes, 14 Apr. 2022 -
The Suns hosted a sellout crowd for a ninth straight game.
— The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Jan. 2022 -
Aranda made sure to shout-out the sellout crowd that showed up.
— Dallas News, 14 Nov. 2022 -
The game against the Sun was the first opening-night sellout for the franchise in more than two decades.
— Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2024 -
At the same time, the group, as well as fans like me, thought that song was a total sellout.
— Jim Farber, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2024 -
The venue seats 5,000 people, and the Sparks announced the contest was a sellout.
— Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024 -
The other two games of that series were close to sellouts.
— Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2023 -
Tuesday night’s game marked the Padres’ 17th sellout in 30 home dates.
— Joseph D’hippolito, Miami Herald, 29 May 2024 -
The Pine Knob show was the fastest sellout of this tour, Jelly Roll pointed out.
— Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 18 Aug. 2023 -
Dinner-and-a-movie events, which were sellouts in 2023, will take place at Frame in Hazel Park.
— Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 10 Jan. 2024 -
The game is also the Wings’ first sellout of the season, the team announced earlier in the week.
— Peter Rauterkus, Dallas News, 10 June 2023 -
The Rangers had been scheduled to open the season at home with the New York Yankees, a sure-fire sellout.
— Evan Grant, Dallas News, 27 Mar. 2023 -
All three were sellouts, and many in attendance cheered for the road team.
— Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 12 July 2024 -
Blue and gold was sprinkled throughout the sellout crowd.
— Chris Fedor, cleveland, 21 Jan. 2023 -
The sellout crowd began to applaud as soon as the first image of Cassidy popped on the board.
— Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Dec. 2022 -
The model was produced in a run of just 1,500 pieces and was an instant sellout.
— Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2022 -
Either way, a sellout crowd left in a sour mood on a cold and drizzly night.
— Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 1 Apr. 2022 -
The Bulldogs are looking forward to the atmosphere of the sellout crowd.
— John Bohnenkamp, ajc, 16 Mar. 2023 -
This marks a 10th straight sellout home crowd for the Suns, winners of nine straight for the longest active win streak in the NBA.
— Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 29 Jan. 2022 -
In all, there were 10 sellouts during the league’s opening week.
— Associated Pess, Hartford Courant, 22 May 2024 -
Wake hopes to have a sellout at its season opener for the second straight year.
— Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 24 Jan. 2024 -
The Suns did that so often that anyone in the sellout crowd could have yelled out what was coming.
— Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 4 May 2022 -
Some Parler users decry the blocking of hate speech as a sellout to Big Tech.
— Washington Post, 17 May 2021 -
His friend Daniels was supportive; Hurt called him a sellout even before Reeve got the role.
— Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 11 Oct. 2024 -
For most of the night, the sellout crowd at Yankee Stadium sat awestruck at how easily Buehler mowed down the best offense in baseball.
— Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2024
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She’s gone on to headline — and sell out — the club three times.
— Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2023 -
And make sure to check it out early, as the pieces are sure to sell out fast!
— Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 15 Sep. 2022 -
The sale ends on Thursday, March 21 at 11 a.m. ET — and styles are sure to sell out fast.
— Kayla Blanton, Peoplemag, 18 Mar. 2024 -
A word to the wise, though: The overstock section tends to sell out quickly.
— Ellen McAlpine, Men's Health, 8 Sep. 2023 -
The shows draw a local crowd which often sell out the room.
— Eric Fuller, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2022 -
When a sale is this good, things tend to sell out quickly.
— Bianca Rodriguez, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 Dec. 2022 -
The cost for the meals, which tend to sell out fast, is $125 per person plus fees and taxes.
— Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 23 Feb. 2024 -
These products are sure to sell out fast, so add them to your cart A$AP...
— Sabrina Talbert, Women's Health, 13 Feb. 2023 -
Keep scrolling to shop more of our top picks before styles sell out!
— Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2022 -
There are bleachers set up along the parade route but the seats have long since sold out.
— Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024 -
The band announced the Summer of ’99 cruise last year, and both weekends of the voyage have sold out.
— Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 6 Feb. 2024 -
On Any Day Now’s first day, a line wrapped around the restaurant, and the pancakes sold out in two hours.
— Cathy Erway, Bon Appétit, 5 Sep. 2023 -
And newcomer Feid, who was able to sell out his first U.S. tour in a span of 24 hours.
— Griselda Flores, Billboard, 15 Mar. 2023 -
The power of the standby line Most shows that sell out have a standby line.
— Jake Kroeger, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2022 -
The Jazz have sold out every home game for three straight seasons.
— Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 July 2023 -
Reviews are mixed, as some events sell out But sales have been brisk.
— Anna Rabemanantsoa, ABC News, 7 Mar. 2023 -
Four out of the nine sandwiches had sold out, and the line still showed no signs of winding down.
— Meredith Woerner, Variety, 22 May 2024 -
The Arc One is currently sold out, but the Arc Sport goes on sale today.
— Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 20 Feb. 2024 -
All tickets for the two-day event sold out during the presale.
— Kenan Draughorne, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2024 -
The first five Not-So-Scary nights — plus two more of the 37 total event evenings — were already sold out a week ago.
— Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2024 -
Don’t miss out, as there’s always a chance these items will sell out before the main event.
— Iman Balagam, Vogue, 12 July 2024 -
So to me, a celebrity is a big movie star or a singer who sells out stadiums.
— Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 12 Feb. 2024 -
This event is sure to sell out so get your tickets early.
— Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 29 Sep. 2022 -
The Utes have sold out every game dating back to the 2010 season opener.
— Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023 -
Perhaps Swift's management looked back at the artist's last stop in Louisville and wasn't pleased the show didn't sell out?
— Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 2 Nov. 2022 -
Read the Full Story The Valour costs upwards of $1 million and the run of 110 cars is already sold out.
— Car and Driver, 11 July 2023 -
Shows for the most popular brands Shushu/Tong tend to sell out in seconds.
— José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2023 -
Keep in Mind: Plants are known to sell out during restocks and shipping can take up to a week.
— Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Feb. 2024 -
But nobody needs to tell the media world about some of the more treacherous alleyways for a business that brings in or sells out to private equity.
— Howard Homonoff, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024 -
At a time when capitulating to the mainstream was regarded as selling out, R.E.M.’s move to a major label stung, as if the band had sloughed off its loyalists for the teeming masses.
— Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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