How to Use switch off in a Sentence

switch off

phrasal verb

• In living creatures, DNA molecules twist and coil as certain genes turn on and others switch off.
  — Saima S. Iqbal, Scientific American, 11 July 2024
• And when they’re switched off, the wearer can’t hear at all.
  — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 24 Jan. 2024
• This is its virtue: to switch off, to put a stop to make-believe.
  — Elizabeth Barber, Harper's Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024
• The Olsen twins switched off playing Michelle during the show’s run.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 25 Apr. 2023
• The battery can last for up to 300 hours with the backlighting switched off.
  — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
• The city is also working with LG&E to switch off power to lines that have been downed.
  — Rachel Smith, The Courier-Journal, 2 Apr. 2024
• In the near future, Araujo plans to switch off the lights in the deli case in the evenings and open for dinner with a full menu of pasta and wine.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2023
• The plasma machine is switched off with eight minutes left to go.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 June 2024
• Ted Sheedy thought of their emergency radios, switched off for the stalk.
  — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 30 Aug. 2023
• Corey told them the family often chose not to arm the system, and that it had been switched off that night.
  — Jim Axelrod, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2024
• In the evenings, switch off the lights altogether in favor of candlelight or the glow of a fire.
  — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
• When Yusuf bumbles back into the front room, Mahmut scrambles to switch off the filth and return to Tarkovsky.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 May 2023
• One user complained that the iPhone 15 Pro Max got hot enough to switch off during a call and then took a few minutes to come back on.
  — Mark Gurman, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2023
• Merz had the presence of mind to crawl from underneath the car and switch off the engine to prevent an explosion.
  — Dawn Mitchell, The Indianapolis Star, 21 May 2024
• Merz had the presence of mind to crawl from underneath the car and switch off the engine to prevent an explosion.
  — Dawn Mitchell, The Indianapolis Star, 22 May 2024
• The beam switched off, and the water outside filled with miniature explosions.
  — Brad Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2023
• Problems with a wire for the seat heating in the affected vehicles could cause the air bag to switch off when someone is in the front seat.
  — Hannah Ziegler, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
• What’s more, 46% struggle to switch off during their downtime.
  — Dede Henley, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
• The air was cool and thick with fog, the sea placid, the engine switched off, and the Titanic was some thirty-eight hundred metres below.
  — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 1 July 2023
• With noise cancellation switched off, the Buds Pro should offer up to 11 hours of playback on a single charge (or up to 39 hours with the case).
  — Emma Roth, The Verge, 26 Sep. 2023
• This is when the Super Heavy booster will switch off its engines and release from the Starship upper stage to climb into space.
  — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 18 Nov. 2023
• Ruth, a lawyer, and her husband can both work remotely and plan to switch off at the end of the year, with Ruth heading back to Florida and her husband coming here.
  — Katie Johnston, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2023
• Two carmakers, Kia and Subaru, have tried to comply with the law by switching off the telematic services in their cars.
  — Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 26 May 2023
• So how does the coffee company chief manage it all, maintain a strict work-life balance, and switch off after a long day’s work?
  — Byorianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2023
• Shelters housing tens of thousands of families are switching off the lights.
  — Chao Deng, WSJ, 31 Oct. 2023
• Also much faster than a human could switch off an ordinary high beam headlight.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 15 Feb. 2024
• This is when the Super Heavy booster will switch off its engines and release from the Starship upper stage to climbing into space.
  — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 18 Nov. 2023
• On the ground level, the store has video walls that project sweeping views of Central Park and Manhattan’s skyline or, when switched off, double as mirrors.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 20 Apr. 2023
• As the group walks into the elevator for Ducky's memorial, Jimmy returns to the autopsy room to switch off the lights, a slight smile across his face.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2024
• Every female cell must switch off one of its X chromosome copies, to avoid getting a toxic double dose of all those genes.
  — TIME, 2 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Sep 2024