Bout is an English word of 4 letters with synonyms like turn or revel. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Bout in a sentence
Related words
Bout meaning
- A period of something, especially one painful or unpleasant, like an illness.
- A boxing match.
- An assault (a fencing encounter) at which the score is kept.
Synonyms of Bout
Using Bout
- The main meaning on this page is: A period of something, especially one painful or unpleasant, like an illness. | A boxing match. | An assault (a fencing encounter) at which the score is kept.
- Useful related words include: turn, revel, binge, tear.
- In the example corpus, bout often appears in combinations such as: bout of, the bout, bout with.
Context around Bout
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 8 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bout
- In this selection, "bout" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, final, title, exhibition, saw, prize and decided stand out and add context to how "bout" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a bout with the and a close bout but with. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bout" sits close to words such as devon, indianapolis and magazines, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bout
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
After the bout, Fury admitted his respect for Ngannou. (9 words)
And talking ’bout dry, dis weather drier than Vee Pee sense of humor. (13 words)
No bout prize money is awarded for a bout decided by a fusenshō or forfeit victory. (16 words)
Russia’s Islam Makhachev, above, works against Dustin Poirier during the first round of a lightweight title bout at the UFC 302 mixed martial arts even early Sunday, June 2, 2024, in Newark, N.J. Makhachev won the bout. (39 words)
Although the former Ultimate Fighter winner received some attention in the build-up to her bout with Carla Esparza through the series, her bout with the former strawweight champion was positioned as the final bout of the prelims. (38 words)
Adam emerged with the decision victory that night in a close bout, but with the NSW light-middleweight amateur title on the line this time, Silisia feels he is "10 times better than the last time we fought". (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Although the former Ultimate Fighter winner received some attention in the build-up to her bout with Carla Esparza through the series, her bout with the former strawweight champion was positioned as the final bout of the prelims.
Imane Khelif’s bout against Angela Carini has gone down in Olympic history because of the controversy surrounding the bout, but there’s more to this determined Algerian boxer than meets the eye.
Russia’s Islam Makhachev, above, works against Dustin Poirier during the first round of a lightweight title bout at the UFC 302 mixed martial arts even early Sunday, June 2, 2024, in Newark, N.J. Makhachev won the bout.
Tyson has not fought since a bore draw in his exhibition bout with fellow legend Roy Jones Jr while his last professional bout saw him quit on his stool against Kevin McBride almost 20 years ago.
This marked Romero’s first bout in the UFC since his classic bout with middleweight champion Robert Whittaker at UFC 225 last year.
Artists as diverse as Master P ("Bout It, Bout It"), George Michael (" Fastlove "), Luis Miguel ("Dame"), and The Spice Girls (" Say You'll Be There "), used G-funk instrumentation in their songs.
No bout prize money is awarded for a bout decided by a fusenshō or forfeit victory.
Prior to a bout, both boxers agree upon the weight of gloves to be used in the bout, with the understanding that lighter gloves allow heavy punchers to inflict more damage.
The cello body has a wide top bout, narrow middle formed by two C-bouts, and wide bottom bout, with the bridge and F holes just below the middle.
A bout with the flu caused him to miss the finale and a shot a 1,000-yard season, but he was fantastic this year.
According to the the lawsuit, Franklin was told he could either 'sign the Salita bout agreement as it was or risk forfeiting a boxing match that could change the trajectory of his career'.
Adam emerged with the decision victory that night in a close bout, but with the NSW light-middleweight amateur title on the line this time, Silisia feels he is "10 times better than the last time we fought".
After that opening bout, Paul Heyman pulled Jimmy aside and made it clearer than white crystal that if Jimmy doesn’t bring Jey back into the fold by week’s end, that’s on him.
After the bout, Fury admitted his respect for Ngannou.
America today is the closest it’s been in a decade to recovering from its collective bout of racial and sexual hysteria.
And talking ’bout dry, dis weather drier than Vee Pee sense of humor.
At one point in the second half of the bout, Tony Schiavone estimates that about 60% or 70% of the match has taken place in the Dark Order’s corner.
A wave of stimulus measures unleashed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ahead of May’s election is fuelling a fresh bout of inflation even as the country’s new economic management team attempts to restore “rational” policymaking.
Balancing these mechanics is a core part of experience, and it produces thrills and the occasional bout of frustration.
Becky and Bianca opened the show and delivered another stellar bout that even if it wasn’t as good as their Mania match was still damn excellent.
Common combinations with bout
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- bout of 36×
- the bout 34×
- bout with 24×
- bout against 12×
- bout was 8×
- after bout 8×
- bout at 7×
- bout between 6×
- bout but 5×
- bout in 5×