How to Use put off in a Sentence

put off

verb
  • Do not be put off by doors slamming.
    — Kara Alaimo, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
  • First, don’t be put off by the title.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 26 Jan. 2026
  • But be careful about putting off work for too long.
    — Camila Domonoske, NPR, 16 June 2026
  • But the family is not to be put off.
    — Francesco Pacifico, The Dial, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Their work cannot be put off for better weather.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Do not put off upgrading any longer!
    — Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 28 Nov. 2025
  • Equipment upgrades are put off.
    — Jim Vinoski, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • At the same time, a third said they would be put off by a partner who lives beyond their means.
    — Rachel Barber, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
  • This one’s easy to put off — if the system ran fine last summer, why bother?
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Angell was put off by the skyboxes.
    — John Seabrook, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
  • No suspicious whine in the air, no burning of pungent oils to put off biters.
    — Antonia Quirke, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Shane had put off telling his parents about being gay or loving his archrival.
    — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 26 Dec. 2025
  • To be fair, I'm not entirely put off by Andy's new wardrobe.
    — Michelle Lee, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • When a leader puts off a decision, the people around them feel the pause first.
    — Mohamed Al Hashemi, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • Will younger consumers feel put off by a restaurant featuring an old man on its signs?
    — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Elliott’s high wages may also be an issue, and that could put off other clubs.
    — Gregg Evans, New York Times, 14 May 2026
  • Or will the scandal, just three years gone, put off fans of her progressive policies?
    — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The duty to prove fairness is in force; the sharpest tool for proving it has been put off, year after year.
    — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 10 June 2026
  • But Radcliffe wasn’t so easily put off.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Both had offers on the table before this season but put off signing new deals.
    — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Do you at all worry that someone could be put off by the dystopian feel of Hungry?
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 26 Jan. 2026
  • That should be welcome news to people who've been put off by chemical sunscreens in the past.
    — Maria Godoy, NPR, 13 June 2026
  • The lighter punishment and the gallant fight only put off the inevitable.
    — Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Still, Maria put off ending the relationship for some time.
    — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2026
  • One meeting was put off due to a weather event and the other was delayed due to a filing error.
    — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The fact that your attic is one of the hottest spots in your home should be reason enough to put off this decluttering job.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 21 June 2026
  • Those who are not put off by the flavor of bottled dressing may enjoy this benign vinaigrette.
    — Jolene Thym, Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Customers are also putting off purchases due to the back and forth on tariff levels.
    — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Hospitals have had to put off non-life threatening surgeries.
    — Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Amid an influx of trends, like the red pill movement, data shows that men are by and large putting off commitment for longer.
    — Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025

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