How to Use off-hour in a Sentence

off-hour

noun

• Shares tumbled nearly 40% in off-hours trading and have lost about 80% of their value this year.
  — Joe McDonald and Matt Ott, ajc, 31 Mar. 2023
• On a recent evening, Hill, who is forty-one, browsed the exhibition during off-hours.
  — André Wheeler, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
• From warm merino wool to sumptuous washable silk, our list of best pajamas runs the gamut of stylish comfort for your off-hours.
  — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Travel + Leisure, 12 Feb. 2024
• Some of these vessels recharge during off-hours, pulling from the harbor’s electric grid connection.
  — Maria Gallucci, IEEE Spectrum, 29 May 2018
• Those are the ones vinifying their wines in their off-hours and scraping together the money necessary to bottle them.
  — Betsy Andrews, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2023
• But in their off-hours, some began looking for ways to flex their artistic muscles without violating the union’s cause.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 3 May 2023
• Meanwhile: Netflix shares rose in off-hours trading, after the company said customer growth in the third quarter was stronger than expected.
  — Anna Hirtenstein, WSJ, 18 Oct. 2023
• During the ongoing writers’ strike, the union has been supportive of the WGA’s demands, encouraging members to join the picket lines on off-hours and to post in favor of the guild on social media.
  — Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 May 2023
• Such anxiousness to answer had the study’s authors wondering: Why do people overvalue an off-hours email?
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 19 June 2023
• Keep in mind that weeknights and off-hours tend to be quieter than prime-time weekend reservations, and a large party can always disrupt a usually quiet atmosphere.
  — Kevin Gray, Dallas News, 30 June 2023
• The discontent, the sense of unfairness—what started as off-hours commiseration became fodder for something grander.
  — Time, 13 June 2023
• But, scholars caution, these types of programs won’t be successful unless employers take the time to educate their workforce about burnout and the importance of disconnecting off-hours.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 19 June 2023
• But tech recruiting provider Karat argues there’s a simple solution to getting more diverse candidates in the door to begin with: scheduling off-hour job interviews.
  — Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2024
• In June, the special prosecutors accused Gutierrez Reed of drinking and smoking marijuana during off-hours while the western was in production.
  — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2023
• For example, a supermarket might reduce air conditioning during off-hours or a warehouse might dim its lighting.
  — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2023
• In June, special prosecutors accused Gutierrez Reed of drinking and smoking marijuana during off-hours while the western was in production.
  — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023
• Prosecutors have introduced allegations of drug use by Gutierrez during her off-hours.
  — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024
• Across America, attitudes toward marijuana in the workplace are shifting rapidly as more states legalize it and even create protections for off-hour usage.
  — Danielle Abril and Taylor Telford, Anchorage Daily News, 20 July 2023
• And in yet another, a portion of a roof recently failed during off-hours, sending water flooding into a classroom and bathrooms, destroying books and temporarily limiting learning space.
  — Becca Savransky, ProPublica, 13 Apr. 2023
• And in yet another, a portion of a roof recently failed during off-hours, sending water flooding into a classroom and bathrooms, destroying books and temporarily limiting learning space.
  — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2024
• She’s posed for photos in box suites and at afterparty celebrations, seemingly unconcerned with who ends up posting her off-hours activity on Instagram.
  — Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2024
• Advertisement Across America, attitudes toward marijuana in the workplace are shifting rapidly as more states legalize it and even create protections for off-hour usage.
  — Taylor Telford, Washington Post, 17 July 2023
• Collective bargaining agreements would supersede the law, so teachers, nurses and other unionized workers would be covered by whatever their contracts say about off-hours communication.
  — Heather Knight, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2024
• In response, Disney argues that Miramax remained a separate corporate entity and that Disney did not have a responsibility to supervise Weinstein’s off-hours behavior.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 19 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 30 Aug 2024