How to Use on-off in a Sentence

on-off

adjective

• That gap of 14 percentage points is the largest on-off swing on the team.
  — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023
• Connect the transformer's two red lead wires to the mains-load side of the on-off switch, and the two black leads to the neutral side.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 31 Oct. 2018
• On the right is the shifter, throttle, and headlight auto on-off button.
  — Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, 6 Oct. 2023
• Donald Trump‘s on-off bromance with Elon Musk appears to be very much on.
  — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2024
• Progress before now has been limited in a series of on-off talks over months.
  — Nidal Al-Mughrabi, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024
• The base has just two buttons, an on-off switch on the flosser’s handle, and a pressure dial on the base that allows users to fine-tune the force of the water spray.
  — Theresa Holland, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2023
• Gomez’s last public relationship was with on-off ex-boyfriend Justin Bieber in 2018.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 31 Aug. 2023
• Last month, Jenner and her on-off boyfriend Travis Scott, the father of her two children, were reported to have broken up again.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 16 Feb. 2023
• Jenner and Scott have been on-off through their relationship.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 8 Apr. 2023
• Meanwhile, customers have slammed its on-off Dollar Menu for not having a single $1 item.
  — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2024
• The other, Noyce’s idea, was to place on one patch of silicon not just one transistor — the on-off switch of computers — but many, along with the wires to connect them.
  — Kathleen Day, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2023
• Each shoe, no matter the color, features Asics’ sporty logo on each side, as well as durable laces (many of them patterned) and subtle pull-tabs at the heel to make on-off a breeze.
  — Hillary Maglin, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2023
• Scott and Jenner have an on-off relationship and share two children, Stormi and Aire.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 16 May 2023
• But with the hits came harsh scrutiny: Tabloids picked apart everything from her thin frame to her on-off romance with Jack Nicholson, 87, a man 33 years her senior.
  — Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 2 July 2024
• Kendall Jenner, a frequent visitor to the area thanks to her on-off relationship with Bad Bunny, was the first one to broach the topic to half-sister Khloe.
  — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 8 July 2024
• Also on display is her 1966 Faucet Pot, where explicit female between-the-legs anatomy is framed with on-off faucets.
  — Patricia Failing, ARTnews.com, 29 July 2024
• Hadid and Malik had ended their on-off romance for good in October 2021.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 26 July 2023
• Justin and Selena's eight-year on-off relationship comes to its final end.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 3 Mar. 2023
• The next morning, rather than getting to know Cape Town via a traditional on-off bus tour, why not try something new with an exciting Jeep tour.
  — Sandra MacGregor, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
• Love, and more specifically the on-off situationship at its heart, is the only thing this drama cares about.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2024
• After factoring in the game’s tempo with Antetokounmpo’s on-off minutes, my model projects the Bucks to score 113.4 points in this game.
  — Michael Arinze, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2023
• Khloé Kardashian and Tristan Thompson's on-off romance may not be off forever, after all—at least not if Thompson has his way.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 15 Mar. 2023
• Her own Zoonomia research suggests that virus-like pieces of DNA multiplied in the genomes of our monkey-like ancestors, inserting new copies of themselves and rewiring our on-off switches in the process.
  — Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2023
• Featuring a handle for enhanced portability, a wide nozzle for full face coverage, and a simple on-off switch, the device is quite easy to use.
  — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 9 Mar. 2023
• Gigi and Malik ended their on-off relationship for good shortly after news of the incident came out.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 12 July 2023
• And then also the same characters, returning his family Claire (Ludivine Sagnier) his on-off partner, the mother of his son Raoul, etc.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 13 Oct. 2023
• The on-off couple were reported to have separated in September 2021.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2023
• McCulloch and Pitts never imagined that their cartoon neurons could be trained, using data, so that their on-off states linked to certain properties in that data.
  — Dan Rockmore, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
• The on-off couple has been spotted together with some frequency lately after their engagement appeared to be on the rocks earlier this year.
  — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2023
• Reviewers appreciate the good fit and on-off ease that toddlers can handle independently.
  — Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 1 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 9 Mar 2025