How to Use stay off in a Sentence

stay off

phrasal verb

• The Arab regimes want to make sure this stays off the radar of Arab publics.
  — Foreign Affairs, 8 Mar. 2022
• That is, your hands should stay off most of the controls.
  — Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2024
• How long late-night talk shows stay off the air is an open question.
  — John Koblin, New York Times, 2 May 2023
• And until next summer, stay safe — and stay off Alan Furst’s lawn.
  — Gabrielle Bluestone, Curbed, 10 Oct. 2023
• Officials are warning locals to stay off the streets to ride out the storm.
  — Julianne McShane, NBC News, 30 Aug. 2023
• Stay away from windows and doors, and stay off porches and balconies.
  — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 3 July 2024
• Kate Bulkeley’s pledge to stay off social media in high school worked at first.
  — Jocelyn Gecker, Fortune, 5 June 2024
• Staying away from windows and doors, and stay off porches.
  — Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 26 June 2024
• But the heating system and some lights stayed off as the overnight temperature dipped into the 30s.
  — Kate Ruder, CNN, 11 June 2024
• Friends told her to stay off the internet, but Annette wanted to know what the people online knew, in case of a threat.
  — Bishop Sand, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2024
• People are urged to stay off the mud flats, but if someone does become stuck they are urged to call 911 right away, McDaniel said.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 24 May 2023
• People who remained in the area were under curfew Wednesday and advised to stay off the roads.
  — Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2023
• In a briefing, Houston Mayor John Whitmire said four people were killed in the storms and warned people to stay off the roads.
  — Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 16 May 2024
• For much of the time that the bus was making its trip, local officials in the region were asking people to stay home and stay off the roads.
  — Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2023
• Resisting the urge to scratch is more challenging than trying to stay off your phone.
  — Celeste Polanco, Essence, 30 Aug. 2024
• For now, the union is asking writers to stay off the picket lines but continue to withhold their work.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2023
• The shape of this silky mask stays off your eyelids, thereby relieving pressure for the wearer.
  — Meredith Woerner, Variety, 10 Oct. 2023
• The flood watch remains in effect into the afternoon, and officials have urged people to stay off the roads.
  — WIRED, 29 Sep. 2023
• Waterways are not safe right now, officials said, adding that Vermonters should stay off of the rivers, even as the weather gets hot over the next few days.
  — Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 11 July 2024
• After staying off of Youtube for three weeks, Paul returned to the site with a seven-minute video about suicide awareness and a pledge to donate $1 million to the cause.
  — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2023
• Christopher, who was targeted while on the school trip, stayed off his phone for a while and has recently eased back on with a more vigilant eye.
  — Chris Moody, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
• The City of Roswell urged people to stay off the roads, noting some people were forced to wait on the roofs of their cars as streets flooded and their vehicles were covered in water.
  — Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2024
• After spending years in the spotlight herself as a model, Iman advised Lexi to stay off the radar as long as possible.
  — Emma Kershaw, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
• Police urged people to stay off the roads as crews responded to multiple locations in the north Clarksville area.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 9 Dec. 2023
• Keep pets off leather furniture Cats, and sometimes dogs, will use leather as a (very expensive) scratching post, so teach them to stay off the sofa.
  — Michael Y. Park, Architectural Digest, 1 Oct. 2024
• Patients using it can stay off a ventilator between four and 24 hours a day.
  — Julie Washington, cleveland, 25 July 2023
• In a statement on X, Gov. Ned Lamont urged drivers to stay off the roads unless necessary.
  — Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2024
• Freeman kept with the institutional ethos and mainly stayed off the soundstages and let the directors do their work.
  — Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024
• City officials urged residents to stay off the roads and stay home on Sunday if possible.
  — Gene Norman, CNN, 18 June 2023
• Customers said Xcel Energy failed to give them enough notice and to keep them updated on how long power would stay off.
  — Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024