HIRE in a Sentence

Learn HIRE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
158 example sentences for HIRE, such as:
1. We had to hire maids through an agency.
2. Our hire car broke down after only an hour.
3. Your car hire costs include unlimited mileage.
4. Actors may hire agents to conduct their affairs.
5. Farm labor used to hire themselves out for the summer.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of HIRE
hire
 v.  engage for service under a term of contract
 n.  a newly hired employee
Classic Sentence: (111 in 8 pages)
1  Just as soon as the baby was born and she could go back to work, she would get rid of Hugh and hire some one else.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
2  And just as soon as Johnnie Gallegher's contract with Tommy is up, I'm going to hire him to run Hugh's mill.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
3  And Frank had deposited it in the bank in his own name, so now she could not even hire a rig.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
4  Ashley at first refused to work convicts and was persuaded, against his will, only after tears and supplications and promises that when times were better she would hire free darkies.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
5  He would hire two others to do the drudgery and leave her as Mammy-in-chief.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER L
6  All I can say is that I wish you'd let me hire free darkies instead of using convicts.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LI
7  The boss had meant for him to enter, but had not said this, and so it was only when on his way out to hire another man that he came upon Jurgis.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
8  He could hire young help with great ease, in consequence of this reputation.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
9  I was ever on the look-out for means of escape; and, finding no direct means, I determined to try to hire my time, with a view of getting money with which to make my escape.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
10  Master Hugh then refused to allow me to hire my time longer.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
11  If the worst should come--let's hope it won't--they'd hire an aeroplane, so they said.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 11
12  At last I saw them hire a boat and start for a row, for it was a very hot day, and they thought, no doubt, that it would be cooler on the water.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In II. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
13  Besides this preliminary outlay, he must be prepared to keep himself for some years, and to hire a presentable carriage and horse.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IX. The Adventure of The Resident Patient
14  Do you know, mamma, that my uncle Phillips talks of turning away Richard; and if he does, Colonel Forster will hire him.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14
15  I must then hire another to defend my right, it being against all rules of law that any man should be allowed to speak for himself.
Gulliver's Travels 2 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: CHAPTER V.
Example Sentence: (47 in 4 pages)
1  We had to hire maids through an agency.
2  In November, the millwrights' local voted to hire me as their attorney.
3  They take pains to hire people whose personalities predispose them to serve customers well.
4  Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.
5  Companies are moving away from outright purchase of company cars to contract hire.
6  Actors may hire agents to conduct their affairs.
7  To hire a car you must produce a passport and a current driving licence.
8  Our hire car broke down after only an hour.
9  If you don't build your dream, someone will hire you to build theirs.
10  Boats for hire: one shilling an hour.
11  They've decided to hire a PR firm to improve their public image.
12  Your car hire costs include unlimited mileage.
13  The company will defray all your expenses, including car hire.
14  They have decided to hire outsiders for some of the key positions.
15  Farm labor used to hire themselves out for the summer.