hire out

Example Sentences

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He was happy to hire out his voice for business, but was more reticent about politics.

From BBC • Sep. 9, 2024

Between them, the three companies, which hire out their devices via smartphone apps and have operated in Paris since 2018, have a total of about 15,000 scooters zipping around the capital.

From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2023

They learned that as early Richmond began to industrialize, plantation owners would hire out their enslaved workers to city businesses and factories.

From Washington Post • Aug. 30, 2022

Many editors from a variety of publications use Twitter to post calls for pitches: stories they're hoping to hire out to freelancers.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2022

It wouldn’t be hard, he said, if Estraven would take a false name and hire out as a cook or farmhand, which would not be pleasant, perhaps, but certainly better than returning to Orgoreyn.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin