How to Use fake out in a Sentence

fake out

verb
  • Asked about the fake out, Mara grinned.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Drake preferred to fake out a defender and run right by them.
    — Diamond Vences, Charlotte Observer, 3 Feb. 2026
  • The discography deep-dive portion of the set list kicked off with something of a fake out.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Instead, Baty double-clutched as if trying to fake out Smith.
    — Will Sammon, New York Times, 6 June 2025
  • And there's at least one thing that felt designed specifically to fake out book-readers.
    — ArsTechnica, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Marner faked out Swayman and tucked the winner behind the goalie.
    — Fluto Shinzawa, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
  • But receivers do something similar and try to fake out defensive backs with their own eye fakes.
    — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 28 Oct. 2020
  • The plan is to fake out territorial wasps who will avoid an area where other wasps already reside.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2025
  • The plan is to fake out territorial wasps who will avoid an area where other wasps already reside.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 9 May 2026
  • Unless, of course, Schulman is just saying all this to fake out the competition.
    — Ron Shevlin, Forbes, 26 May 2021
  • Enlarge / Artist's conception of EA trying to fake out cheaters with its new tools.
    — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Martinez managed to dribble through or fake out five Charlotte players on the way to a point-blank shot from the center of the box.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Bilodeau faked out Bittle while driving for a dunk only to have his shot blocked by point guard Keeshawn Barthelemy.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Jaquez has impressive footwork and control with the ball to fake out defenders, and a majority of his scoring came from the midrange.
    — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 22 June 2023
  • Paulino and teammate Noah Hanson both lined up to take the free kick early in the contest in an attempt to fake out the defense.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, baltimoresun.com, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Along the way, there’s illegitimate children, fake out deaths, and just about every soap opera cliché imaginable wrapped in gloriously stupid fun.
    — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Murray faked out the Chicago Cubs crowd by pausing before heading to the mound, only to jet off in a full-out sprint around the bases and then slide into home plate.
    — Diane J. Cho, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Never underestimate the power of an artificial plant to even fake out a gardener.
    — Jessica Dailey, House Beautiful, 14 Sep. 2020
  • There was one instance where journeyman Micah Potter faked out Kel’el Ware and drove for a thunderous dunk.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2026
  • It’s meant to fake out patients one way or the other so that, theoretically, even those not receiving the drug being researched might feel a bit of a psychedelic effect.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 6 June 2023
  • Torre faked out left back Josh Wildon-Esbrand and rocketed his shot into the back of the net to give the Spanish side the lead heading into halftime.
    — Kyle Foley, Orlando Sentinel, 31 July 2024
  • The move pretty much faked out the forecasters and had the National Weather Service scrambling to draft a new cone of uncertainty.
    — Andrew Lawrence, Popular Mechanics, 6 June 2023
  • Among the highlights was Dart taking off in the first quarter, faking out several Eagles defenders, and running to the endzone for a 20-yard touchdown.
    — Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • In the wake of the Volkswagen diesel cheating scandal, in which the company used software to fake out emissions tests, new management has hitched the company’s future to electric vehicles.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2020
  • Watching the audience involvement with each fake out before the inevitable death is part of the fun, and something Brener says is the franchise that made him as an executive fall in love with audience testing.
    — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 19 May 2025
  • Old Dominion started fast, with quarterback Colton Joseph faking out the Hoosiers defense on the first offensive play of the game and sprinting 75 yards for a touchdown.
    — Michael Marot, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Jokic faked out multiple Cavs defenders in transition by turning his head toward an open Murray on the left wing, only to fire a no-look pass to Christian Braun under the basket.
    — Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Defensive lineman Anthony Lucas, a five-start recruit, the state's most coveted senior football player, knew how to fake out offensive linemen in his stellar high school football career.
    — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 15 Dec. 2021
  • In the 80th minute, Denkey received an assist from Ender Echenique, faking out goalkeeper Lucas Hoyos before finishing with his left foot between a pair of defenders.
    — ABC News, 21 Feb. 2026
  • One of the most unusual cases handled during his tenure was filed in April against 12 people accused of designing and running a decade-long scheme to fake out California’s smog check system for automobiles, Talbert said.
    — Sharon Bernstein, Sacramento Bee, 7 Jan. 2025

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