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
  • Lately, the city has been home to a growing roster of indie bagel-makers, many of whom started by churning them out of restaurant kitchens during off-hours, or at home.
    Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2024
  • The incident, according to the victim’s family, occurred during off-hours at the beach.
    David Chiu, Peoplemag, 25 July 2024
  • 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
  • Miss Manners realizes her solution may come as a surprise, which is to steer the conversation back toward work — and to gradually reduce your off-hours availability.
    Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2024
  • 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
  • The bill says an employee has no right to ignore an off-hours communication from an employer concerning an unforeseen emergency.
    Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 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

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