How to Use full-time in a Sentence

full-time

adjective
  • His shoulders took quite the weight of Thorne’s in his first year as the full-time starter.
    Matt Cohen | McOhen@al.com, al, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The two got married two years ago and moved back to Haiti full-time.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 24 May 2024
  • Last season was the first time Smith had been a full-time starter since 2014 with the New York Jets.
    Tim Booth, ajc, 7 Mar. 2023
  • From that day on, Alexander stayed with Jones full-time.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Going from a seventh-round pick to a full-time starter is not an easy feat in the NFL.
    The Enquirer, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Also of note is its lack of a full-time four-wheel drive option.
    Andrew Wendler, Car and Driver, 8 Aug. 2023
  • That does include a gym, bike room, and full-time doorman.
    Clio Chang, Curbed, 5 Nov. 2024
  • He has been forced to increase wages to keep his five full-time workers.
    Peter S. Goodman Bridget Bennett, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Part- and full-time positions at Scheels Why work at Scheels?
    Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 3 Apr. 2023
  • In 1995, The Times finally hired him for its full-time business staff.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Without your full-time income anymore, that leaves a lot of funds to make up for.
    Becca Stanek, The Week, 30 Mar. 2023
  • But both King and Gabela argued that the job is demanding enough that the workload is akin to that of a full-time job.
    Tess Riski, Miami Herald, 11 July 2024
  • Ashley Ziegler is a full-time parenting writer and mom to a 1 and a 4-year-old.
    Maya Polton, Parents, 11 May 2024
  • In fact, Glassdoor projects Gen Z will overtake boomers in the full-time workforce next year.
    Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Soon there was no doubt in his mind: His true calling was to be a full-time Christian pastor.
    Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The model has also gotten back into the style world full-time.
    Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Since 2017, Scout has been living full-time as a resident pet in Glacier Hill.
    Sydney Page, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Posting anywhere from six to 25 times a day, the team works full-time to stay on top of the internet’s breakneck pace.
    Jack Schlossberg, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Defending yourself in two or three courts is a full-time job times two or three.
    Eric Cortellessa, Time, 12 July 2023
  • Clarke suggested that full-time child care and full-time work could not be balanced.
    Chris Isidore, CNN, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Parks is a full-time cast member of Married to Medicine, which is in the middle of filming Season 11.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 11 July 2024
  • The full-time whistle sparked jubilant scenes on the pitch and in the stands, with tears of joy flowing around the Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen.
    Ben Church, CNN, 27 June 2024
  • On March 1, the unit was staffed with 10 full-time employees and one part-time employee.
    Tom Sissom, arkansasonline.com, 30 Apr. 2024
  • Some athletes train around full-time jobs that are supportive of their Olympic dreams.
    Asli Pelit, Sportico.com, 23 July 2024
  • But managing your own health, which can be a full-time job, spikes your blood pressure.
    Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2024
  • The 29-year-old was a surprise choice for Game 1, coming on the back of his first regular season as a full-time starter.
    Jamie Barton, CNN, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Other full-time camps in Burlington, Vermont, about a two-hour drive from their house, cost $400 per week.
    Morgan Smith, CNBC, 24 July 2024
  • Wage bumps for full-time employees will bring the average top rate to $49 hourly.
    Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 26 July 2023
  • Growing up, my mom—aside from being a single mom and having to chase four of us around—didn’t work a full-time job.
    Jane Thier, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Albanese said his department has 88 full-time police officers, with nine more currently in the police academy.
    Hema Sivanandam, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024

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