How to Use takeout in a Sentence

takeout

1 of 3 noun

• She works in a Chinese takeout.
• We ordered some Chinese takeout.
• Get takeout or grab one of the five or six seats for a quick, laidback lunch.
  — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 3 June 2024
• S’mores will be served and the program is BYO takeout, snacks, and a comfy chair.
  — Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2022
• With a round-trip taking over a year, Mars is much too far for takeout.
  — Evan Fraser, CNN, 7 Oct. 2022
• If their go-to takeout is sushi, then this set of cotton socks will speak to their taste (buds).
  — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 26 Oct. 2022
• The shop’s takeout only, so have an eating plan in place.
  — The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 27 June 2023
• Grab some takeout and sit at the table near the building, perfect for lunch.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2023
• Why: each day, consumers face a dilemma—to cook at home or to send for takeout.
  — Grace L. Williams, Forbes, 25 July 2022
• Hey, why not order your favorite takeout and make a night out of it?
  — Jasmine Gomez, Women's Health, 9 Aug. 2023
• And if the point of your beer hall is socializing over great food, takeout removes the vibe.
  — Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2024
• For takeout, orders can be placed in person or called in.
  — Journal Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2023
• The photo shows a takeout box filled with chicken wings but with a Chick-fil-A label on top.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 11 Aug. 2022
• There's no promo required — the offer is available in-store, at the drive-thru and for takeout.
  — Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2022
• A night on the couch with takeout and TV could be exactly what the doctor ordered.
  — Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2022
• Others shifted to takeout food and to-go cocktails but still had to cut staff.
  — Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
• The rest of the country thinks boxes that hold the cheesy, chewy takeout staple are too greasy to be recycled.
  — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2023
• Just as with dine-in tips, Lynn does not have a clear-cut answer about an exact amount to tip for takeout.
  — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 6 Aug. 2023
• Grocery prices at the main supermarket in town have soared in the past two years, and takeout costs at least $20.
  — Jack Healy, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2023
• The offer is good for dine-in as well as takeout or delivery.
  — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 28 July 2024
• All fans have to do is order for dine-in or place their takeout order in person.
  — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
• Amar Pizza got its start in 2010 mostly as a takeout place.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 25 June 2024
• The offer is available for dine-in and in-person takeout only.
  — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 26 Feb. 2024
• If one of the judging criteria of takeout is ease of ordering and pick-up, BBQ Kitch’n aced it.
  — Mara Severin | Eating Out, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Aug. 2023
• Wait times tend to get long as the morning stretches, so keep in mind that takeout is always an option, too.
  — Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2023
• The cost of dining out and takeout increased 0.5% from December.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 13 Feb. 2024
• Black plastic takeout bags that skitter, ankle-high, on the wind.
  — Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
• Restaurants must offer at least one takeout food item as well.
  — Rebekah L. Sanders, The Arizona Republic, 6 July 2022
• All empires fall, even ones built from old takeout containers.
  — Rob Wieland, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
• As a fellow-veteran of vacation-town takeout, Chase shares Garten’s sense of what people in beach houses want to eat.
  — Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024

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take-out

2 of 3 adjective

• There’s even a sushi take-out window on West 3rd Street that’s open at lunchtime from 11 am to 1 pm.
  — Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Mar. 2023
• Folks had been suggesting the take-out shop since last year.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 16 Feb. 2024
• The restaurant will be open 9 a.m.-10 p.m. daily for dine-in, take-out, and drive-thru service.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 12 Jan. 2024
• As of Monday afternoon, the Citrus Heights site was open for dine-in and take-out.
  — Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 10 June 2024
• The town of Montrose added a boat launch and take-out point on the riverbank for those who prefer to float there, too, Hammer said.
  — Tiney Ricciardi, The Denver Post, 13 June 2024
• There’s Sunrise Shack and Pai’s Deli for casual fare and take-out.
  — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 2024
• So take a clamshell that is used for your take-out chicken rotisserie.
  — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2023
• Customers order at the take-out window and either eat in their cars or take their food with them.
  — Bob Carlton | [e-mail], al, 12 Apr. 2023
• Some discuss making a pivot to take-out, and selling groceries to try and hang on.
  — Kturnqui, oregonlive, 10 Aug. 2023
• The brand launched in New York as a take-out and delivery option in 2017 and evolved to include sit-down spaces for omakase and sushi options.
  — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2024
• The take-out restaurant at 2335 N. Murray Ave also had a walk-up window and was popular for late-night food.
  — Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 31 May 2023
• Over 30 new restaurants and bars opened in metro Phoenix in February, from Indian cuisine to take-out dumplings to a shrimp taco truck.
  — The Arizona Republic, 4 Mar. 2024
• Brine Box employees were using the kitchen in the vacant restaurant building at the time of the fire to cook their take-out meals, which was allowed under the terms of their lease with the city.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2024
• Critics and locals alike showed up to the take-out window in masses to sample krapow smash burgers and Chiang Mai chi dogs.
  — Kate Kassin, Bon Appétit, 14 Dec. 2023
• Another man died after eating a take-out taco that was made with peanut butter.
  — Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2023
• That puts a keyboard puncher in easy walking distance of coffee and bagel shops, fine dining or a take-out spot, even the library's squeaky-clean rest rooms.
  — Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 15 May 2023
• In the clubhouses, food service will be limited to take-out only.
  — The Courier-Journal, 5 Apr. 2023
• Great Cranberry also has a small museum, a take-out café, gift shop, and gorgeous views.
  — Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2023
• Wow Wow specializes in take-out and is well-positioned to appeal to the student masses of UC Berkeley.
  — John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 21 May 2024
• Diners can get $10 knocked off any $40 purchase on take-out and delivery orders.
  — Fielding Buck, Orange County Register, 17 Apr. 2024
• It's got an easy sauce made mostly out of pantry ingredients, is packed with fresh veggies, and the whole thing comes together faster than take-out.
  — Christopher Michel, Country Living, 27 Feb. 2023
• While the body needs a small amount of sodium daily, many people in the United States consume far too much from salty snack foods, take-out meals, and other high-sodium foods.
  — Jillian Kubala, Health, 17 July 2024
• And remember to include the additional cost of take-out food while your kitchen is out of commission.
  — Jennifer Nelson, Popular Mechanics, 24 July 2023
• Magnets fastened two $2 bills to the stainless-steel fridge, along with drawings by her kids and a take-out menu from a local food delivery service.
  — Ross Kenneth Urken, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2023
• Start by putting trash in the garbage can and recyclables like take-out containers, water bottles, and soda cans in the recycling bin.
  — Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2023
• The cage is full of empty take-out Indian containers, and Marienne dreams of being back with her daughter.
  — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 9 Mar. 2023
• Windon estimates that about 30% of its revenue stems from take-out and delivery.
  — Gary Stern, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
• The first dish was what started as overcooked chicken, shredded and mixed with corn, cilantro and lime – combined with take-out salsa and served on the tortillas, which were salvaged by frying them on the stove.
  — Martin Finn, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2023
• Along with dine-in and drive-thru options, Raising Cane’s would offer take-out and mobile ordering, according to the business plan.
  — Bob Dohr, Journal Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2023
• During the pandemic, Hooters pivoted to take-out sales.
  — Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 26 June 2024

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take out

3 of 3 verb

• And in The Warriors there was a kid that took out a spray can.
  — Matt Thompson, Spin, 26 Sep. 2023
• Some say they were first brought in to take out the rats.
  — Jack Nicas, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2023
• In 2010, my father took out a loan to buy the land next door.
  — Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2023
• The catheter is then taken out, and the puncture heals on its own.
  — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 4 Jan. 2024
• Some took out their phones to film the crowd as a DJ Khaled song thumped in the background.
  — Carly Olson, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2023
• Two Negroes had been taken out of the jail and hung in the jail yard.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2024
• The spotted lanternfly can swarm and take out big swaths of crops.
  — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Feb. 2024
• So, go ahead and take out those extra cards, and store them in a safe place at home.
  — Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 15 July 2023
• There are weights in the vest that can be added or taken out to adjust the total weight of the vest.
  — Laura Campedelli, Verywell Health, 13 Aug. 2024
• However, the suspect then took out a firearm and shot the victim in the neck.
  — Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 13 May 2024
• Even then, stakers will have to wait in line to take out their crypto.
  — Vicky Ge Huang and Caitlin Ostroff, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2022
• The steel company’s weekly price chart shows how price just took out all of the 2023 highs.
  — John Navin, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
• Over the years she’s had 14 tumors taken out, the most recent from her spine last May.
  — Eileen Finan, Peoplemag, 4 Feb. 2024
• Jim: My suspicion was that this would be taken out of the fans’ hands.
  — Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 16 May 2024
• In turn, Yelena will take out Val and disband the team.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 23 Oct. 2022
• Now take out the entire fill tank safely from the inside of the toilet.
  — Elizabeth Gulino, House Beautiful, 24 Mar. 2023
• About a dozen bystanders gathered to watch, some taking out phones to record it.
  — Colleen Slevin The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 6 Feb. 2024
• The film resumed shortly after the person was taken out of the room and the rest of the screening and Q&A went on as planned.
  — EW.com, 8 Sep. 2024
• Three years ago, the company took out a $2 billion loan and used it to buy back its own shares.
  — David Segal, New York Times, 8 June 2024
• The fact that Walter Flynn is taken out in Episode 5 — no one is safe in this world.
  — Breanna Bell, Variety, 30 Sep. 2023
• This time, the collapse took out a huge swath of the greenbelt near the community pool.
  — Gabriel San Román, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2023
• The low-to-ground design helps your kids easily take out and put away too.
  — Angela Belt, House Beautiful, 3 Jan. 2023
• So on a child’s day, they are required to empty the dishwasher, take out the trash, feed the dog, etc.
  — Melissa Willets, Parents, 18 Aug. 2023
• But the decision was taken out of her hands midway through the process.
  — John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Mar. 2024
• One of the girls is then taken out of the car appearing to be unconscious.
  — Somayeh Malekian, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2023
• Fist of the North Star was the weirdest game of the day, asking you to punch and dodge to the beat to take out the requisite anime beefcakes.
  — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 13 Sep. 2022
• Chores, such as taking out the trash or walking the dog, will resume.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023
• Roughly six hours later, the men drove Jennifer to a bank and forced her to take out a large sum of money.
  — Corin Cesaric, Peoplemag, 19 May 2024
• Their math suggests that fast food restaurants passed about 62% of their labor cost increase in April to customers; the rest was taken out of profits.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
• The retired high school teacher took out a policy in late 2018 after purchasing a three-bedroom home nestled in the Tehachapi Mountains of southern California.
  — Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 29 Oct 2024