How to Use mark out in a Sentence

mark out

verb
  • Laid flat, those lapels could mark out a landing zone for a chopper under automatic ground fire.
    — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • And on all five principles, each marked out of 10, the fans gave the ownership their lowest ever score.
    — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The long hours spent fishing were also good for meditating and reinforced his belief in the destiny marked out for him.
    — Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Researchers could run a measuring wheel across an animal’s hide and mark out units in chalk, or skin the creature and measure its surface area by hand.
    — Quanta Magazine, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The 35-year-old stands at around 6ft (183cm) and has nothing of the obvious strength and power in his wiry frame that marks out most of the very best quick men.
    — Paul Newman, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2025
  • The Babylonians used the moon to mark out a 19-year cycle in which seven years contained 13 months and the others, 12.
    — Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2025
  • Many megalithic sites are by the sea, marking out a maritime network that stretched from Iberia and France to Ireland and the British Isles.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
  • When the Resolution had arrived at Tanna, Cook had followed his usual practice and drawn two lines in the sand to mark out an area which the crew would use for landing their dinghies.
    — Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
  • Thanks to the Internet, and streaming service focus on stars to mark out one film from another, stars are still hugely important, and their comments reverberated around the globe.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Johns told Fortune that Gravis’ technology aims to address such concerns by reducing risky tasks, like surveying or marking out work areas, while keeping humans in control.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2025
  • McClain, Hurley and Kurgat were ​later compensated as organizers said police assigned to mark out the route had to leave their positions ⁠to respond to an emergency call.
    — Reuters, CNN Money, 25 Mar. 2026
  • That is the title of a striking piece of artwork hung high above the London skyline, depicting a brooding photograph of Mikel Arteta marking out something that looked like stream-of-consciousness ideas in black paint.
    — Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Looking back, the final is marked out by intentional fouling, the first red card in a World Cup final and plenty of simulation, including diving – a ploy players use to deceive referees and get a favorable call.
    — Cesar R. Torres, The Conversation, 26 May 2026
  • Early tastings by specialist titles have already marked out the inaugural 10-year-old as a serious, distinctly English addition to the category.
    — Lewis Chester, Robb Report, 27 June 2026
  • Not in the sense of maximising their chances of lifting the trophy, though defeats in the last two FA Cup finals have marked out Pep Guardiola’s side as surprisingly beatable at the denouement of this particular competition.
    — Liam Twomey, New York Times, 15 May 2026
  • The researchers found that Ourry’s head was marked out in the artwork before it was properly painted, while Jersey’s head was not, suggesting that Jersey was not painted during a sitting, possibly because Jersey was regarded as subordinate, the trust said.
    — Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 8 May 2026

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