HIRE in a Sentence
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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.
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.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of HIRE
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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.
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.
3 And Frank had deposited it in the bank in his own name, so now she could not even hire a rig.
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.
5 He would hire two others to do the drudgery and leave her as Mammy-in-chief.
6 All I can say is that I wish you'd let me hire free darkies instead of using convicts.
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.
8 He could hire young help with great ease, in consequence of this reputation.
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.
10 Master Hugh then refused to allow me to hire my time longer.
11 If the worst should come--let's hope it won't--they'd hire an aeroplane, so they said.
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
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
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.
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.
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.