Examples of bout in a Sentence
undoubtedly the team's best wrestler, he hasn't lost a bout yet
she's currently suffering from a bout of the flu
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On rare occasions, after a heavy bout of winter rains, the landscape in spring will burst with Mexican poppies — droplets of sunshine splattered on a canvas of golf-course green.
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Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026
RosalÃa is feeling better after she was forced to cancel her concert in Milan last night in the middle of the performance after suffering a bout of food poisoning.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2026
After nine rounds of the first bout of the season, the Mets came away with the win, 11-7.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
That’s what Amanda Baldwin is banking on anyway, at Olaplex, the once-hot haircare brand that endured a bout of scandal and is now, in her view, coming back stronger.
—Hannah Coates, Vogue, 26 Mar. 2026
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Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026
RosalÃa is feeling better after she was forced to cancel her concert in Milan last night in the middle of the performance after suffering a bout of food poisoning.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2026
After nine rounds of the first bout of the season, the Mets came away with the win, 11-7.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
That’s what Amanda Baldwin is banking on anyway, at Olaplex, the once-hot haircare brand that endured a bout of scandal and is now, in her view, coming back stronger.
—Hannah Coates, Vogue, 26 Mar. 2026
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“Bout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bout. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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bout
noun1
: a spell of activity
nonstop bout of reading
2
: an athletic match
wrestling bout
3
: attack entry 2 sense 3
a bout of measles
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