How to Use dole out in a Sentence

dole out

verb
  • That’s where the rules are doled out.
    — Alex Crippen, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2026
  • That’s where the money is doled out.
    — Alex Crippen, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Plemons soon arrived with three drinks to dole out.
    — Lindsey Bahr, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Both of these make doling out cash riskier.
    — Aly J Yale, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Continue to stop and dole out the treats if your dog stays by your side.
    — Christopher McDougall, Men's Health, 6 Dec. 2022
  • The goal is to be doling out welcome aboard bro hugs this time of year.
    — Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The honors will be doled out at a gala on June 28.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The program will dole out $5 billion to states over the next five years.
    — Irene Wright, Dallas News, 6 July 2022
  • The draft lottery is an attempt to dole out the top slots to the teams that need them most.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 11 May 2026
  • At each stop, Harrison’s team would dole out free cider and food.
    — Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Millions have been doled out in settlements due to the actions of his deputies.
    — The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 5 June 2024
  • Cuban seems to know as much, and doles out his bonuses accordingly.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 7 June 2024
  • Musk doled out about $20 million of his own money to boost Schimel.
    — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Trump is just straight-up doling out untruths – and blaming Biden.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Once the pie is sliced and doled out, just sit back and watch everyone reach for a second helping!
    — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 4 Nov. 2023
  • Over the last three decades, officials have doled out $60 million.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Roughly one-third of cities’ revenue comes from federal grants to states that are then doled out to cities.
    — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
  • All told, the district has doled out nearly 3 million servings this school year.
    — Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 5 June 2025
  • The incentives would be doled out over the next decade, or about $3 to $5 million per year.
    — John Wenzel, Denver Post, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Of all the golden nuggets of advice doled out, one in particular rang true.
    — Freya Drohan, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2024
  • And that the punishment won’t be doled out equally or do anything to deter crime.
    — Scott Maxwell, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Partly, banks use the higher merchant fees on credit cards to dole out rewards points to you.
    — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The forces that are supposed to keep the peace and curb violence instead sow discord and dole out death.
    — Sarah Jeong, The Verge, 1 Mar. 2026
  • The scares doled out are effective, and the lo-fi vibes are immaculate.
    — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2024
  • The harms heat doles out track closely to race and class, Klinenberg noted.
    — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 20 July 2023
  • The cost is a big one — two first-round picks plus more and likely doling out a massive contract to him at some point.
    — Joe Buscaglia, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Don’t the people doling out medicine all day and night also deserve the best medicine themselves?
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 27 Nov. 2024
  • But for his own line of work, Murray doled out some advice for when jokes go horribly wrong.
    — Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 9 June 2024
  • The non-top-placing queens are tasked to dole out their individual points face-to-face.
    — Chris Feil, Vulture, 9 May 2025
  • In exactly two months, the Emmys will dole out trophies to the best in show(s).
    — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 12 July 2022

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