Examples of 'were out' in a sentence

Meaning of "were out"

were out: This term indicates that a person or group of individuals have left a particular place, are no longer inside, or are absent from a location. It suggests that they were previously present, but are now outside, away, or elsewhere, commonly used to describe the absence or departure of someone

How to use "were out" in a sentence

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were out
I thought you were out decking the halls.
You had a visitor while you were out.
I thought you were out of that for good.
There were a million calls while you were out.
You were out for quite some time.
Sounds like you were out kinda late.
They were out drinking and heard voices.
Well you said you were out on principle.
You were out there for a long time.
I understand you were out with the flu.
They were out running together this morning.
Those chicken wings were out of this world.
You were out of the country when we met.
Frank said you were out at the cliffs.
We were out to dinner when he got your call.

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Gus said you were out on your feet.
We were out of the room for two second.
We thought you were out for the night.
You were out there trying to do some good.
I will bet you were out at the track.
You were out on the road last night.
I heard some scuzz were out to snuff you.
They were out of all the sexy costumes.
They did not know they were out of line.
When you were out there burning my lunch.
I am not even sure why we were out of breath.
The boys were out hiking all day.
I thought you said you were out of gas.
Two girls were out here rolling around.
They all seemed like they were out of it.
I thought you were out with the boyfriend.
We had a glitch last night while we were out.
Thought you were out for the shift.
I did not realize you two were out here.
Their siblings were out of school and hungry.
It was arranged the week you were out sick.
We thought you were out there looking at stars.
I could have sworn they were out here.
That you were out saving the city.
Your aunt said you were out here.
First we were out at sea for a long time.
But the first ones were out of focus.
They were out of town so he gave me his tickets.
He said some people were out to get him.
You were out for quite a long time.
You said the wives were out of town.
You were out to the house for a while.
You probably think you were out of my league.
You were out cold for two weeks.
The internal defenses really were out of control.

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