STAFF in a Sentence

Learn STAFF 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.
277 example sentences for STAFF, such as:
1. One can at least be of use on the staff.
2. A staff is quickly found to beat a dog with.
3. It's dreadful the way they treat their staff.
4. We try to treat every member of staff equally.
5. Some of the staff are apt to arrive late on Mondays.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of STAFF
staff
 n.  the body of teachers and administrators at a school
 n.  a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose
Classic Sentence: (126 in 9 pages)
1  The reason why he had entered thus shod was that Plushkin only kept one pair of boots for the whole of his domestic staff.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER VI
2  With some of them, however, Chichikov was altogether unacquainted, since certain substitutes and supernumeraries had to be pressed into the service from among the ranks of the subordinate staff.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER VII
3  Accordingly he raised a turmoil which sent the staff flying.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER X
4  Herewith I will hand over the conduct of your affair to a man who is worth all the rest of the staff put together, and has had a university education.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER III
5  He was educated at home till he was fourteen, surrounded by cheap tutors, free-and-easy but toadying adjutants, and all the usual regimental and staff set.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
6  He received, however, no appointment to Kutuzov's staff despite all Anna Mikhaylovna's endeavors and entreaties.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X
7  Beside him was his comrade Nesvitski, a tall staff officer, extremely stout, with a kindly, smiling, handsome face and moist eyes.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II
8  One can at least be of use on the staff.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II
9  On Kutuzov's staff, among his fellow officers and in the army generally, Prince Andrew had, as he had had in Petersburg society, two quite opposite reputations.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III
10  Prince Andrew was one of those rare staff officers whose chief interest lay in the general progress of the war.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III
11  The staff captain, Kirsten, had twice been reduced to the ranks for affairs of honor and had twice regained his commission.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER V
12  "You just wait a moment, my dear fellow, and listen," interrupted the staff captain in his deep bass, calmly stroking his long mustache.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER V
13  He answered the staff captain's question by a disapproving shake of his head.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER V
14  "I did not expect this of you," said the staff captain seriously and severely.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER V
15  And the staff captain rose and turned away from Rostov.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER V
Example Sentence: (151 in 11 pages)
1  Details of the problem will be logged by the Help Desk staff who will then contact the appropriate agency.
2  It may be helpful to advise the client on how to announce the sale to their staff.
3  Only a skeleton staff remains to show anyone interested around the site.
4  Some of the staff are apt to arrive late on Mondays.
5  These weaknesses negated his otherwise progressive attitude towards the staff.
6  Consumers found the attitude of its staff offhand and generally offensive to the paying customer.
7  Our staff will be available to give you technical support.
8  Bank staff are to stage a series of lightning strikes in a dispute over staffing.
9  A staff is quickly found to beat a dog with.
10  A couple of the kitchen staff are on holiday so I'm wearing my chef's hat tonight.
11  Her main contention is that staff should get better training.
12  The company could not indicate a person even nominally responsible for staff training.
13  It's dreadful the way they treat their staff.
14  We try to treat every member of staff equally.
15  Many companies still treat their management staff better than their workers.