Below you will find example sentences with "lay off". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Lay Off in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: lay
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 11
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 25.2 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 2 start, 11 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "lay off" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 25.2 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as and cannot lay off any deadwood, can then lay off any of, workers, employees and melds stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with off balls, laid off, pull off, lay down and lay eggs, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with lay off
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
Maybe lay off the placenta for a bit? (8 words)
Spotify announced it would lay off 600 workers, or 6 percent of its workforce Jan. (15 words)
Service providers such as accounting, legal, travel and marketing firms may have to lay off staff. (16 words)
The other ("defending") player is then entitled to lay out any melds in his or her hand and can then lay off any of his or her remaining deadwood cards that fit into the knocking player's melds, provided that the knocking player does not have a gin hand. (49 words)
A separate memorandum of understanding between the department and the Vermont organization referred to in the order also states that the latter will not terminate or lay off employees without the former’s consent. (34 words)
Follow-up: Full memo: Microsoft to cut 10k jobs, about 5% of workforce, and take $1.2B restructuring charge Microsoft is gearing up to lay off more employees this week, according to multiple reports. (34 words)
Maybe lay off the placenta for a bit? (8 words)
Example sentences (20)
The defending opponent can only lay out his or her melds and cannot lay off any deadwood into the melds of an opponent that has declared Gin.
The other ("defending") player is then entitled to lay out any melds in his or her hand and can then lay off any of his or her remaining deadwood cards that fit into the knocking player's melds, provided that the knocking player does not have a gin hand.
Connors told us even with outside seating, business at Hap's Original Steaks and Seafood is off 85 percent compared with last year and he's had to lay off 40 people.
We had no artillery with us so they could just lay off and pick you off kind of thing.
Almiron wasn't in Dubai but started the rehab of a his estimated six-week lay off well with a stint of light training at Benton.
Although the labor market has so far shown significant resilience, worsening business conditions will slow firms’ hiring and force them to lay off workers, economists argue.
And so they were very stressed out on how they’re going to make payroll, pay their staff and might have to lay off some of their employees.
As a cost-cutting move, some streaming services also lay off the writing staff once filming begins.
A separate memorandum of understanding between the department and the Vermont organization referred to in the order also states that the latter will not terminate or lay off employees without the former’s consent.
Because of the FTX collapse in late 2022, Coinbase reduce 18% of its workers, Kraken misplaced virtually one-third of its workers, and Crypto.com lay off 5% of its workers.
Companies such as Amazon, Google’s parent Alphabet, Meta (formerly Facebook), and Microsoft have announced plans to lay off at least 10,000 employees.
During the early months of the pandemic, airline travel nearly ground to a halt, forcing carriers to lay off or furlough thousands of workers.
Follow-up: Full memo: Microsoft to cut 10k jobs, about 5% of workforce, and take $1.2B restructuring charge Microsoft is gearing up to lay off more employees this week, according to multiple reports.
I write this to advise fellow Virginia basketball fans to lay off the wailing and gnashing of teeth about how the team is playing, and what it means for next month.
Lay off a bunch of people, and you grab a bit of power back out of the fear among the remaining.
Maybe lay off the placenta for a bit?
Ochsner Health, a leading healthcare provider across Louisiana and Mississippi, has announced that it will lay off nearly 800 employees.
Recall that Amazon announced it plans to lay off 18,000 people and Salesforce said it is cutting 10% of its staff.
Service providers such as accounting, legal, travel and marketing firms may have to lay off staff.
Spotify announced it would lay off 600 workers, or 6 percent of its workforce Jan.