How to Use call it quits in a Sentence

call it quits

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  • However, the pair only dated for a few months before calling it quits.
    Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026
  • When is Dave Portnoy officially calling it quits at Barstool?
    Mark J. Burns, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Carmen and Kenzo dated for nearly a year before calling it quits in June 2024.
    Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 13 July 2026
  • For now, eight to ten wins and an occasional CFP berth might be the ceiling until Swinney decides to call it quits.
    Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026
  • With both nights devolving into chaos, Brooks and the other guys decide to call it quits on this gender experiment and plan to infiltrate the girls’ night and merge groups.
    Tom Smyth, Vulture, 9 July 2026
  • Rob and White were engaged in 2016 before tumultuously calling it quits in 2017.
    Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 1 July 2026
  • The art market is a tough place to survive these days, with even megagalleries like Gagosian and Pace shuttering locations and cutting loose artists, and every day seeming to bring news of another art gallery calling it quits.
    Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • They were spotted together numerous times, including in Times Square on New Year’s Eve, before calling it quits in January 2013.
    Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 15 July 2026
  • Upon calling it quits after rupturing his Achilles tendon in 1997, Berlusconi retired the veteran’s jersey number and handed him a replica of the Ballon d’Or.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 27 May 2026
  • The Bay Area photography exhibition venue SF Camerawork is calling it quits after 52 years, the institution announced on its website yesterday.
    Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • It was teased in the latest preview that one of the duos — which also includes Michelle and Cameron, Nikki and Shawn, Marissa and Adam, BelleJolie and Mecca, Caitlin and Devin, and Courteney and Nick — will call it quits before the finale.
    Sarah Hearon, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Aug. 2026

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