How to Use square off in a Sentence

square off

verb
  • Game notes: Two of the top teams in the Big Ten square off.
    Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press, 26 Jan. 2022
  • The two men were set to square off again Nov. 5 for a full two-year term in Congress.
    Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2024
  • To make the cups, square off corn tortillas by cutting off the round edges.
    Chris Morris, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Chen squared off with Liu at a gathering and punched him in the jaw.
    Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Here are five things to watch for as the candidates square off again.
    Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2023
  • This will be the second time Lopez and Cease square off this season.
    Field Level Media, Reuters, 13 July 2024
  • The Saints’ Derek Carr and his center almost squared off.
    Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The teams square off Tuesday for the second time this season.
    Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Sunday’s game is the 10th time these teams square off this season.
    Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 23 July 2023
  • Even though much has changed since the last time Biden and Trump squared off on the debate stage, the candidates are the same.
    Stephanie Murray, The Arizona Republic, 26 June 2024
  • Sunday’s game is the sixth time these teams square off this season.
    Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 9 July 2023
  • Jason and Travis Kelce will be the first two brothers to square off in a Super Bowl match-up.
    Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 12 Feb. 2023
  • The body is slim but not tight, a medium shoulder is squared off but not bulky, and the lapel is perfectly on the wider side.
    Brad Lanphear, Men's Health, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Blame it on the moon’s square off with nebulous Neptune!
    USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
  • What to know: These future Big 12 opponents square off in what could be the best matchup of the late-night window.
    USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2022
  • Andra Day squares off with demons and a haunted house in her intense new film.
    Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 16 July 2024
  • Amo will square off against Leonard in the Nov. 7 general election.
    CBS News, 6 Sep. 2023
  • But as the teens squared off, Lewis stepped in to defend his friend, according to police.
    Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2023
  • This is where the remaining two hitters will square off.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2024
  • Highland Park will square off against Plano in the area round, setting up a matchup between two top-10 area teams.
    Dallas News, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Four matchups are in the first round and two matchups are in the second found before two final contenders square off in the finals.
    Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 11 July 2023
  • The country's national team will square off against France at 2 p.m. ET.
    Brigid Kennedy, The Week, 14 Dec. 2022
  • The East, of course, will in all likelihood come down to the final weekend when Ohio State and Michigan square off.
    Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Venus creates a trine with Chiron and squares off against Uranus.
    Jennifer Culp, Them, 15 July 2024
  • This weekend’s pair of games sees two of the league’s best defensive teams, the 49ers and the Eagles, square off and there really aren’t a lot of weak spots.
    Bychris Morris, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2023
  • For each of the five districts, the top two vote-getters in the May 14 primary will square off in the Nov. 5 general election.
    Molly Fellin Spence, Baltimore Sun, 12 Feb. 2024
  • In November 2023, the brothers squared off for the first time ever when the Kings faced the Blazers in Sacramento.
    Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 25 Feb. 2024
  • The two sides of the civil war are now set: Daemon and Rhaenyra will square off against the Hightowers—hopefully next week.
    Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 3 Oct. 2022
  • From 1992 through this fall, the champions of each division squared off in the SEC championship game.
    Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 14 June 2023
  • The request, made as part of a case that sees 25 states squaring off against the EPA, would have put the federal government's plan on hold while the case continued.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 23 July 2024

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