eat out

Example Sentences

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We were a family that didn’t eat out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

If you eat out more than you buy groceries, for example, you’ll want cards that give you points at restaurants rather than supermarkets.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 31, 2025

Instead, they’re shopping at grocery and convenience stores—and when they do eat out, they’re focused on value, notes Nick Setyan, an analyst at Mizuho who initiated coverage of the sector on Monday.

From Barron's • Oct. 29, 2025

"We are quite content to just live a quiet life, eat out now and again, and we've got everything we need."

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2025

Trina and her sisters would eat out of garbage cans; sometimes they would not eat for days.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson