Examples of call off in a Sentence
she was about to tell me the big news when her attention was called off by the arrival of another guest
called off the party after half of those invited couldn't make it
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Actor and producer Issa Rae also called off her appearance.
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Kristin Wright, NPR, 27 Dec. 2025
Northern California authorities have called off an Amber Alert early Thursday after a 5-year-old child suspected of being abducted from Calaveras County was located with his father.
—Sacbee.com, 25 Dec. 2025
Search crews using dive teams, drones and rescue boats returned to the waters off Lovers Point on Monday for a second day looking for a swimmer likely attacked by a shark—before calling off the search.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2025
Years after calling off their first engagement, Affleck and Lopez reconnected then married in 2022.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
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Kristin Wright, NPR, 27 Dec. 2025
Northern California authorities have called off an Amber Alert early Thursday after a 5-year-old child suspected of being abducted from Calaveras County was located with his father.
—Sacbee.com, 25 Dec. 2025
Search crews using dive teams, drones and rescue boats returned to the waters off Lovers Point on Monday for a second day looking for a swimmer likely attacked by a shark—before calling off the search.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2025
Years after calling off their first engagement, Affleck and Lopez reconnected then married in 2022.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
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“Call off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/call%20off. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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