How to Use stay out in a Sentence

stay out

phrasal verb
  • That the United States should just stay out of Putin’s war.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Simmons had stayed out of the spotlight for the last decade of his life.
    Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 21 July 2024
  • Willow had gone over to a friend’s house and stayed out late.
    Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Since the case, Smyth has mainly stayed out of the public eye.
    Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Dial them all in and stay out of the way if things are working.
    Debbie Arrington, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The Knicks still have to fight to stay out of the sudden-death Play-In Tournament.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
  • Women and children, the ones who must stay out of war and killing, at all costs.
    TIME, 16 Oct. 2023
  • But the nonprofit stayed out of the research, Mares told me.
    Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
  • And a big part of it, oftentimes, is just staying out of the way.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2024
  • When the gang filed in, G.N. trained two guns on them and invited them to get out and stay out.
    Katy Roberts, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
  • Over time, the timid or those wired to avoid confrontation just stayed out of his way.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2023
  • This mini tree can stay out all year thanks to the gorgeous gold base that looks like a planter.
    Lauren Taylor, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Oct. 2023
  • In contrast to their parents’ public lives, the girls stay out of the spotlight.
    Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 25 Apr. 2024
  • Of course, all viewings depend on pesky clouds staying out of the way.
    Ramin Skibba, WIRED, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Lawyers for Purdue and other parties to the agreement had urged the justices to stay out of the case.
    Mark Sherman, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2023
  • This makes my lashes look amazing and stay out all day.
    Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 16 July 2024
  • Roberts is now supposed to manage as if trying to stay out of a triple play?
    Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Law enforcement is urging the public to stay out of the Fault Lake trail area.
    Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2024
  • As an adult, Jackson has largely stayed out of the spotlight.
    Emily Krauser, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • For the Jayhawks, the biggest thing is not turning over the ball and staying out of foul trouble.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 20 Jan. 2024
  • Gomez has addressed her split from Bieber in the years since, but now mostly stays out of the spotlight and away from the drama.
    Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 July 2023
  • Others feel the state should stay out of the dispute entirely.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2024
  • It’s used on current holdings and often has helped the fund sell in time to stay out of trouble.
    Hank Tucker, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2024
  • Listen to Alexis Nikole and stay out of strange gardens, folks.
    Kate Lindsay, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2024
  • And Kennedale will continue to stay out of the heat, beginning practice at 6 a.m. the rest of this week and all of next week.
    Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 31 July 2023
  • For the bulk of their relationship, the pair were busy trying to stay out of the spotlight and away from paparazzi.
    Collette Reitz, Peoplemag, 15 Feb. 2024
  • As that goal stayed out of reach, Kuroda adopted the negative rate and then the YCC program in 2016.
    Toru Fujioka, Fortune Asia, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The fashion house is said to stay out of the business’s operations.
    Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Just stay out of its way and understand that bear sightings are normal.
    Zach Bradshaw, The Arizona Republic, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Decades ago, if parents struggled to hold boundaries and tolerate pushback, a child may have had an extra cupcake or stayed out too late.
    Becky Kennedy, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024

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