check off

Example Sentences

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As each long featureless day crawled to a close, I checked off another square.

From Literature

Victors went beyond checking off a list of hastily scrawled names to thanking entire categories of people: women, ancestors, Koreans, audiences.

From Los Angeles Times

But Mikula checked off the final square he needed to hit triple bingo.

From The Wall Street Journal

The rich Redfellows get dispatched one by one in scenes that are fun but empty — neither cathartic nor comic, simply boxes to be checked off to great big poundings of thunder and harpsichords.

From Los Angeles Times

I still make lists and check off the completed items.

From The Wall Street Journal