How to Use maternity leave in a Sentence

maternity leave

noun

• Her boss is back from maternity leave, and the two of them are now working as a team at Human Rights Watch.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 17 Aug. 2023
• Wolf Blitzer will anchor the 11am hour in the interim while Pam is on maternity leave.
  — Lachlan Cartwright, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Feb. 2024
• That day will have to be in the distance, though, as Barrett begins her maternity leave.
  — Nancy Kruh, Peoplemag, 3 Feb. 2024
• Thein was on maternity leave with her second child when Musk made his offer to buy Twitter.
  — WIRED, 27 Oct. 2023
• As her maternity leave came to an end, Albright got a call to join Walmart's apparel team in the Big Apple.
  — April Wallace, Arkansas Online, 5 Mar. 2023
• The first time was right after giving birth to her son – Jamie was working a job with no maternity leave policy.
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 2 Apr. 2024
• Those tipped for the top job include Kate Forbes, the 32-year-old Scottish finance secretary, who is on maternity leave.
  — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2023
• Pregnant at the time, the employee struggled to get her maternity leave and was fired when returning from her leave.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 14 Apr. 2023
• She did not get paid vacation time or maternity leave or a wardrobe budget.
  — Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety, 4 Apr. 2023
• During her maternity leave, her character Jess went off to serve jury duty, and Megan Fox had a guest spot on the show as a new roommate.
  — Kaitlin Stevens, Peoplemag, 24 Mar. 2023
• The words maternity leave become a conduit for my meaning.
  — Hazlitt, 31 July 2024
• And once my maternity leave finished, I was offered a promotion and raise.
  — Taylor Murphy, Parents, 24 Oct. 2023
• Skylar Diggins-Smith was not available the whole season due to maternity leave.
  — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 28 Aug. 2023
• By the time Valerie’s maternity leave ended, the trio had visited more than a dozen national parks.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2023
• Not so much because of maternity leave or childcare duties, Payscale found.
  — Peter Vanham, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2024
• But the longer a woman takes for maternity leave, the wider the wage gap between her and her male counterparts, according to a report by The Borgen Project focused on poverty and hunger.
  — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2023
• Yang, who is expecting her second child in April, was the first St. Paul council member to ever go on maternity leave while in office.
  — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 7 Jan. 2024
• Osaka returned from maternity leave in January and is trying to climb her way back up from No. 229.
  — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2024
• Just over 80 percent of women took maternity leave, down slightly from the previous year.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2023
• Less than one fifth of America’s largest school districts offer maternity leave—but some states are creating new laws around paid parental leave.
  — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2024
• Kilpatrick had read through the contract very carefully and interpreted the terms as entitling her to eight weeks of maternity leave, rather than the four weeks she had been offered.
  — Leila Haghighat, WIRED, 8 Mar. 2023
• When Philo was on maternity leave in 2005, Appiolaza was amongst the design team that took a bow after that year’s fall collection was shown.
  — Luke Leitch, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2024
• And so much for maternity leave—Nutella and her infant may be seen daily, weather permitting, in the Zoo’s summer sloth habitat.
  — Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 23 June 2023
• Today: a graphic designer on maternity leave spends some of her income on a new swimsuit.
  — Refinery29 Australia Team, refinery29.com, 8 Jan. 2024
• Her appearance on Kimmel’s show presumably came early as she’s expected to be on maternity leave by the time the show hits streaming.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2024
• Heather makes a brief appearance on the show during season 7 before going on maternity leave.
  — Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2024
• Shah was out on maternity leave and dealing with some postpartum medical challenges of her own.
  — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
• Morgan Stanley allows pregnant staff to expense cab rides, and Citigroup lets new moms work from home for a year after their maternity leave runs out.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2023
• Here are some sample maternity leave message templates to get your creative juices flowing.
  — Nicole Amoyal Pensak, Parents, 14 Aug. 2024
• While there are two executives from this team on maternity leave, Russo’s role is unrelated and is a temporary contract, thought to be 18 months.
  — Peter White, Deadline, 20 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 30 Oct 2024