How to Use screen out in a Sentence

screen out

verb
  • Pull the screen out by its tab.
    — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The thriller will screen out of competition.
    — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 9 Apr. 2026
  • People who ought to see a human therapist might get screened out.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Passengers were deplaned and re-screened out of an abundance of caution.
    — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
  • Do not allow agents to screen out houses that do not expressly offer buyer-agent co-op fees.
    — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2026
  • No screens in the bedroom overnight Twenge advocates for keeping screens out of the bedroom overnight.
    — Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Almost all of our neighbors have remodeled over the years and gone to double-pane windows, which screen out a lot of noise.
    — Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
  • There are other ways to be at the festival by screening out of competition.
    — John Ross, Vanity Fair, 7 May 2026
  • That screened out background hums and consistent noise, but could never cope with dynamic audio spikes.
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Remove the screens carefully Start by lifting or sliding each screen out gently.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Standard Cleaning For Screen Doors Take the screen out of your front door frame.
    — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Parents already struggle just to keep kids off social media, get screens out of classrooms or lock up household devices at night.
    — Abby McCloskey, Twin Cities, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Parents already struggle just to keep kids off social media, get screens out of classrooms or lock up household devices at night.
    — Abby McCloskey, Boston Herald, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Otherwise, films can screen out of competition or in other sections.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 12 May 2026
  • Cliffhanger didn’t play the festivals but was screened out of the TIFF market.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Around four o’clock, Lali and Leo escaped by pushing a window screen out of its frame and jumping to the gravel ten feet below.
    — Tao Lin, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Root and his wife also wanted to screen out views of their own pool and solar panels from their home along with adjacent houses, as their prior hedges and trees had done.
    — Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2026
  • And whenever possible, keep exercise equipment and visible screens out of the room to preserve a sense of calm.
    — Angelika Pokovba, Martha Stewart, 21 Feb. 2026
  • The Lakers were also successful with James coming off of Flare screens out of their Horns sets.
    — Khobi Price, Oc Register, 20 Dec. 2025
  • Garcia takes another stab at the crime drama this year with his newest feature, Diamond, which will screen out of competition.
    — Gregg Kilday, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
  • Ditch the disinterested Aggressively screen out people based on their interest in you.
    — Judd B. Kessler, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2025
  • When young workers are screened out by ageist assumptions, firms buy more labor on the open market at premium prices, turnover rises, tacit knowledge leaks, and innovation slows.
    — Jennifer Moss, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Are certain groups disproportionately screened out early?
    — Sheila Callaham, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Bronzini-Vender said in an interview that using it in admissions could screen out students who would improve their conversational skills on campus.
    — Tyler Kingkade, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The neuroprosthesis recorded the neural activity that resulted when the patient attempted to read sentences on a screen out loud.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 19 June 2025
  • Dog 51 will close the Venice film festival, screening out of competition on September 6.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Bids without current status posted in SPRS are likely to be screened out before technical merit is even reviewed.
    — Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • For years, experts, including those at the American Academy of Pediatrics, have urged parents to wrestle kids’ screens out of their room in the evening.
    — Rheana Murray, The Atlantic, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Such testimony would normally be prohibited by the rule against hearsay evidence, which exists to screen out unverifiable statements.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 27 Dec. 2025
  • Because of that, Long says students should carefully tailor their resumes to align with job descriptions or risk being screened out before a recruiter ever reviews their application.
    — Wakisha Bailey, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026

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