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
  • 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
  • The governor’s office said the ban was in the works for more than a week, however.
    — Brendan Farrington, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2023
  • 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 | McOlurso@al.com, 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
  • The man then forced entry into the church through a window, the sheriff’s office said.
    — Arkansas Online, 6 July 2022
  • By the end of six days at the box office, Chhaava crossed $25 million at the global box office.
    — Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
  • The stock market had its worst day since Joe Biden came into office.
    — Fox News Staff, Fox News, 14 Sep. 2022
  • All three were found in a car on the side of Route 210, said Diane Richardson, a spokeswoman for the sheriff’s office.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Trump has long been known for his tendency to exaggerate crowd sizes at his rallies and public events, a pattern that dates back to his very first days in office.
    — Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 May 2025

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