How to Use chicken out in a Sentence

chicken out

verb
  • Raccoons can reach through and pull chickens out through holes.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Raccoons can reach through and pull chickens out through holes.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Lightly pound chicken out to 1/4-inch thick.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Turn the burner off, carefully lift the chicken out of the broth, and let cool.
    — Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • If markets don't sell off violently, does Trump have any reason to chicken out?
    — Phil Serafino, Bloomberg, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Redfish Lake Lodge employee Taryn Smith didn’t chicken out.
    — Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 19 Dec. 2025
  • The moves caused critics to claim Trump always chickens out, or TACO, if financial markets show enough pain.
    — Arkansas Online, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Remove pan from oven and pour in 2 cups low-sodium chicken broth and 1½ cups dry white wine, scraping up any brown bits stuck to pan (carefully lift rack with chicken out if needed; return when done).
    — Alexia Duchêne, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 May 2026
  • Dinners, too, got better, healthier, with the ability to take chicken out of the freezer day-of, wash and prep veggies while listening in on a meeting, or quickly run to the store for an ingredient.
    — Rachel Wallace, Architectural Digest, 22 Dec. 2025
  • The reversal in favor of optimism this morning suggests investors now think Trump will eventually chicken out and Washington and Beijing will come to a deal.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Rotisserie Chicken There might be cheaper rotisserie chickens out there, but the ones at Publix are consistently well-cooked and come in a variety of flavors like lemon-pepper and mojo.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Rotisserie Chicken There might be cheaper rotisserie chickens out there, but the ones at Publix are consistently well-cooked and come in a variety of flavors like lemon-pepper and mojo.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2026

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