How to Use office in a Sentence

office

noun
  • He has been in office for a decade.
  • He won the election and will take office at the beginning of the year.
  • Are you going to the office today?
  • We use the extra bedroom in our house as an office.
  • Her office is on the top floor near the elevator.
  • We stopped by the lawyer's office to pick up some documents.
  • He was voted out of office.
  • He misbehaved in class and was sent to the principal's office.
  • She works at our Chicago office.
  • The supervisor held an informal meeting in his office.
  • There is no way to change who is in office in most states.
    — Brynn Tannehill, The New Republic, 10 Apr. 2023
  • The office still asked Big Sandy Inc. to stop using it.
    — Trilce Estrada Olvera, The Arizona Republic, 14 June 2024
  • The State’s Attorney’s office plans to retry Davis for the fifth time in 2023.
    — Ashlee Banks, Essence, 23 June 2022
  • The 4-year-old died at the scene, according to the sheriff’s office.
    — Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 19 May 2025
  • And David Schweikert, good friend of mine, had the office next to me in Congress had heard about it.
    — Roger Huang, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Most of the 83 did not, or contacted the office past the deadline, records show.
    — Lisa Rein, Anchorage Daily News, 20 May 2022
  • Her office hasn’t said whether charges against Trump will come next week.
    — Kate Brumback, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Also on the ground floor are two kitchens, an office, and a sitting room.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 18 July 2023
  • Sitting in that doctor's office, the weight of it all hit us at once.
    — Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
  • The governor’s office said the ban was in the works for more than a week, however.
    — Brendan Farrington, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2023
  • George Gascón’s office, must agree to remain in the program for 180 days.
    — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2022
  • At Gucci, no one dropped by his office—or even came to his floor.
    — Jason Horowitz, Vogue, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The pair met in 1953 in a casting agent’s office, per the Washington Post.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 31 May 2025
  • The sheriff’s office said up to three people were injured in the storm.
    — Victoria Arancio, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2023
  • For the first time since entering the workforce, just about half of Gen Z works in the office full-time.
    — Amber Burton, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Humphrey has worked in the auditor's office since 2010.
    — Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 23 Mar. 2024
  • The line at the box office was so long that by noon, the arena urged fans to stay at home instead of joining the queue.
    — Mary Colurso | [email protected], al, 2 Mar. 2023
  • At the height of his action hero fame, Bruce Willis starred as a gun-for-hire in this action film that bombed at the box office.
    — Jacob Linden, Country Living, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Some members of the City Council did not respond to requests for comment about the report and others deferred questions to the city manager’s office.
    — Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2025
  • The circular balcony, which looks down on the museum’s main lobby, is festooned with ribbons from the ceremony that took place when the Long Wharf moved from its longtime home on the loading dock to offices in the Audubon arts district.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2025

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