How to Use walkout in a Sentence

walkout

1 of 2 noun
  • Hundreds of workers staged a walkout to protest conditions in the factory.
  • Can schools stop a school walkout?
    — Cate Charron, IndyStar, 30 Jan. 2026
  • There was talk of a mass work stoppage, walkouts.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
  • And Texas also has seen its share of walkouts.
    — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 4 Aug. 2025
  • What had triggered the walkout?
    — Thomas Posey, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • The sizable walkout had left the school at a near standstill.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Dec. 2022
  • Some high school students also joined in on the statewide walkout.
    — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The newsroom’s union staged a one-day walkout in protest of the layoffs.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Take, for instance, the walkout to push-up to mountain climber.
    — SELF, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Students who took part in the walkout were asked to stay off school property.
    — Evan Casey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2021
  • The recent student walkouts show what happens when unions lose their way.
    — Anastasios Kamoutsas, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Well, this walkout accomplished two things, right?
    — Leila Fadel, NPR, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Some students stage walkout to protest school’s lack of action against the teacher.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Mar. 2021
  • What do Oklahoma schools say about walkouts or protests?
    — Isa Almeida, Oklahoman, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Students staged two walkouts this week to protest the law’s enforcement.
    — Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2023
  • The space has a media room, a game room, and a spa that’s decked out with a steam shower and a walkout hot tub.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2024
  • What's the difference between a walkout and a strike?
    — Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 19 Feb. 2026
  • This is the second time in just over a month that Lufthansa is scrapping flights due to a walkout by staff.
    — Benjamin Katz, WSJ, 1 Sep. 2022
  • The strike would have been the district’s first since a three-day walkout in 1991.
    — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
  • If that plant is shut by a walkout, the financial cost to GM would soar.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Hobbs reacted to the walkout after the address and called the move puerile.
    — Luke Gentile, Washington Examiner, 10 Jan. 2023
  • They were also not allowed back in the building after the walkout.
    — Evan Casey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2021
  • But there was no mass walkout, no opprobrium.
    — James McNicholas, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Off the guest apartment is a walkout to a secluded rose garden.
    — Matthew Glowicki, Louisville Courier Journal, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Rowe would not be scheduled to have her day in court if the walkout had not forced Google to end the practice.
    — WIRED, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Schools try to keep students on school grounds during the walkouts to ensure their safety.
    — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Their job was to keep order and – if possible – break the walkout and reopen the mines.
    — Robert Forrant, The Conversation, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Hoosiers Rise tallied 150 walkouts across the state.
    — Cate Charron, IndyStar, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Brisack woke to texts about the walkout from Fleischer and raced down to the store to join them.
    — Greg Jaffe, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Feb. 2022
  • All four bedrooms have lake views; there's also a walkout terrace facing the lake and even a rooftop deck.
    — Kim Palmer, Star Tribune, 29 Jan. 2021

walk out

2 of 2 verb
  • Just watched it, walked out of the box.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Alexander walked out and went to his car.
    — Mirin Fader, New York Times, 21 May 2026
  • The woman stands and walks out.
    — Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
  • That student walked out of the class.
    — Logan Smith, CBS News, 15 June 2026
  • That’s your cash walking out the door.
    — Kim Komando The Kim Komando Show, FOXNews.com, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Democrats walked out of that briefing.
    — Ava Berger, NPR, 10 June 2026
  • Some people just walk out, and that’s great.
    — Frank Digiacomo, Billboard, 15 Dec. 2025
  • No one’s got their head hung walking out of here.
    — Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 11 May 2026
  • As Brady walked out to greet his fans, the crowd roared.
    — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Walk in from the daylight, walk out to the late night.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Brink walked out of the locker room postgame on her own.
    — ABC News, 16 June 2026
  • The neighbor said the young man then walked out of the house.
    — Malachy Browne, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Reed walks out of the courtroom with a smarmy look on his face.
    — Nick Caruso, TVLine, 3 Jan. 2025
  • One of these kids is gonna walk out with Messi.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 15 June 2026
  • The first couple walked out no more ten minutes in.
    — Literary Hub, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Michael ended his tirade and walked out of the studio.
    — Dan Beck, Variety, 21 Oct. 2025
  • David walks out of the kitchen and Moira huffs and takes his spot over the pot.
    — Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
  • This was the face of the franchise walking out the door.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The two walked out with their arms linked and thanked the audience.
    — Marianne Garvey, CNN, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Boards don’t know who is valuable and who is walking out the door.
    — Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
  • The video shows a man getting out of his car and walking out of frame.
    — Ashley Paul, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Busfield lifted his hand to his heart and walked out with his lawyers.
    — Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
  • No one walks out on Cristina Yang!
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Now, walk out to the side to get some tension on the cable or band.
    — Jakob Roze, Health, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Stines walked out of the room with hands up and turned himself over to police.
    — Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Haniyeh nodded, looked down at the ground and slowly walked out of the room.
    — Tia Goldenberg, arkansasonline.com, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Somebody walked in and left $300 and just walked out.
    — Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The men walked out of the pub and headed up the dusty road to the cowshed.
    — Zuzana Říhová, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Dick had just swung around me when a grizzly bear walked out from behind a knoll.
    — Dolores Brown, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026
  • Many customers can walk out the door with their new glasses in an hour or less.
    — Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026

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