Example sentences for: off-duty

How can you use “off-duty” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The WP , NYT , and USAT go front-page with the bombing yesterday at an Alabama abortion clinic that killed an off-duty police officer working there as a security guard.

  • Coiffed hair is desirable for TV anchorwomen and political candidates, as a proper concession to masculine convention, but not when off-duty.

  • Third, some firefighters in the North Tower were off-duty and did not have radios.

  • On September 13, Tampa police brought three young Saudis they were protecting on an off-duty security detail to the airport so they could get on a plane to Lexington.

  • Fourth, many off-duty firefighters responded from firehouses separately from the on-duty unit (in some cases when expressly told not to) or from home.


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