HIRE in a Sentence

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For HIRE, below is one of 158 sentences:
I must then hire another to defend my right, it being against all rules of law that any man should be allowed to speak for himself.

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 Meanings and Examples of HIRE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
hire
 v.  engage for service under a term of contract
 n.  a newly hired employee
Classic Sentence: (111 in 8 pages)
1  Just as soon as the baby was born and she could go back to work, she would get rid of Hugh and hire some one else.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
2  And just as soon as Johnnie Gallegher's contract with Tommy is up, I'm going to hire him to run Hugh's mill.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
3  And Frank had deposited it in the bank in his own name, so now she could not even hire a rig.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
4  Ashley at first refused to work convicts and was persuaded, against his will, only after tears and supplications and promises that when times were better she would hire free darkies.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
5  He would hire two others to do the drudgery and leave her as Mammy-in-chief.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER L
6  All I can say is that I wish you'd let me hire free darkies instead of using convicts.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LI
7  The boss had meant for him to enter, but had not said this, and so it was only when on his way out to hire another man that he came upon Jurgis.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
8  He could hire young help with great ease, in consequence of this reputation.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
9  I was ever on the look-out for means of escape; and, finding no direct means, I determined to try to hire my time, with a view of getting money with which to make my escape.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
10  Master Hugh then refused to allow me to hire my time longer.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
11  If the worst should come--let's hope it won't--they'd hire an aeroplane, so they said.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 11
12  At last I saw them hire a boat and start for a row, for it was a very hot day, and they thought, no doubt, that it would be cooler on the water.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In II. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
13  Besides this preliminary outlay, he must be prepared to keep himself for some years, and to hire a presentable carriage and horse.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IX. The Adventure of The Resident Patient
14  Do you know, mamma, that my uncle Phillips talks of turning away Richard; and if he does, Colonel Forster will hire him.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14
15  I must then hire another to defend my right, it being against all rules of law that any man should be allowed to speak for himself.
Gulliver's Travels 2 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: CHAPTER V.
Example Sentence: (47 in 4 pages)
16  Labor activists say that although there are no legal age cutoffs, the industries prefer to hire young and malleable workers.
17  When one buys something on hire purchase, one has to pay out each month.
18  The owner of the house refused to hire the mowing done.
19  All hire cars are for personal use only.
20  I think you need to hire someone to maintain continuity on your blog if you intend it to have any longevity.
21  Economists say the unemployment rate could climb as high as 10.5 percent next year because employers remain reluctant to hire.
22  As corn plants mature, seed companies hire crews of mostly students at about $8 an hour to remove the tops—called the tassel.
23  The first good town we come to we'll hire a hall and do the sword fight in Richard III.
24  Companies are often hesitant to hire aging employees.
25  She was hired three years ago.
26  He works the crowd so long that the bodyguards hired by his attorney roll their eyes in exhaustion.
27  She was hired to advance for a best-selling author.
28  The guards were originally hired to watch over the houses as they were being built.
29  Yeah, they hired a magician to come and do magic and he was really terrific.
30  She hired a trainer to create a personalized exercise schedule to get her into shape.