Wondering how to use Shutout in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as skunk or defeat.
Shutout meaning
- Closing and forbidding entry, as a lockout in which management prevents works from working.
- A game that ends with the losing side being held scoreless.
Using Shutout
- The main meaning on this page is: Closing and forbidding entry, as a lockout in which management prevents works from working. | A game that ends with the losing side being held scoreless.
- Useful related words include: skunk, defeat, licking.
- In the example corpus, shutout often appears in combinations such as: the shutout, shutout of, shutout innings.
Context around Shutout
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 8 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shutout
- In this selection, "shutout" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, lions, save, hit, racking, victory and played stand out and add context to how "shutout" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2 0 shutout over moncton and 2 0 shutout victory on. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shutout" sits close to words such as baba, cyclone and das, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shutout
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Aris Lamanna and Addison Ayres combined on the shutout. (9 words)
Ben Urso and Roman Mollenauer combined on the two-hit shutout. (11 words)
Both teams have picked up shutout road wins in this series. (11 words)
After last week’s games, Centralia’s 33-0 shutout over Brookfield and Monroe City’s 59-6 loss to South Shelby, the score was likely closer than either team’s fans expected, win or lose. (36 words)
Closer Félix Bautista allowed a runner to reach second in the ninth, but he got catcher Keibert Ruiz to ground out to second, capping off the shutout for his fifth save of the season. (34 words)
Josh received player of the game honours in StFX’s 2-0 shutout over Moncton on Saturday and also played a key role in another 2-0 shutout victory on Sunday over UNB. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Consistency, the missing piece to McCune’s puzzle in previous seasons, is the main strength of his season, with result after result and shutout after shutout racking up over the past month.
Josh received player of the game honours in StFX’s 2-0 shutout over Moncton on Saturday and also played a key role in another 2-0 shutout victory on Sunday over UNB.
A 30-yard touchdown pass with 4:57 remaining in the game, and a interception in the final minute preserved the Lions’ shutout.
Additionally, GW’s shutout was made more impressive by the Explorer’s 11 corner kicks, compared to only one for the Revs.
A few seconds later, Dylan Anderson preserved Jesper Vikman’s shutout by taking a rebound in the face.
After last week’s games, Centralia’s 33-0 shutout over Brookfield and Monroe City’s 59-6 loss to South Shelby, the score was likely closer than either team’s fans expected, win or lose.
Allowing just 14 shots overall on Federico, who is perfectly suited to stop much more in a shutout, played a huge part in a playoff win that could never get old.
Although his shutout was spoiled in the final seconds of the game, Diltz and his fellow X-Men won’t argue with the end result.
Andres Machado (4-1) was the winning pitcher with a shutout inning in relief.
Aris Lamanna and Addison Ayres combined on the shutout.
Austin Montgomery-Parsons scored a hat-trick for the Kings while goalie Raphael Marois saved 17 shots in a shutout performance.
Backup goaltender Pavel Francouz earned a consecutive start and rewarded the team with a 29-save shutout.
Ben Urso and Roman Mollenauer combined on the two-hit shutout.
Both teams have picked up shutout road wins in this series.
Bradley got payback against North Alabama with a swift 4-0 shutout win.
Caviness picked up her second win of the season throwing the complete-game shutout.
Center fielder Myles Straw later preserved the shutout in the eighth by robbing Jonathan Schoop with a leaping grab on a dead sprint.
Christian Mortimer had two assists and Drew Knight recorded the shutout for the Golden Tornado.
Closer Félix Bautista allowed a runner to reach second in the ninth, but he got catcher Keibert Ruiz to ground out to second, capping off the shutout for his fifth save of the season.
Crawford also turned in one of his better performances of the season in his most recent start, when he pitched five shutout innings against Seattle last Wednesday.
Common combinations with shutout
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the shutout 38×
- shutout of 29×
- shutout innings 18×
- shutout in 17×
- first shutout 11×
- shutout and 10×
- with shutout 8×
- shutout for 8×
- in shutout 7×
- shutout win 6×