How to Use stay off in a Sentence

stay off

phrasal verb

• The Arab regimes want to make sure this stays off the radar of Arab publics.
  — Foreign Affairs, 8 Mar. 2022
• That is, your hands should stay off most of the controls.
  — Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2024
• How long late-night talk shows stay off the air is an open question.
  — John Koblin, New York Times, 2 May 2023
• And until next summer, stay safe — and stay off Alan Furst’s lawn.
  — Gabrielle Bluestone, Curbed, 10 Oct. 2023
• Officials are warning locals to stay off the streets to ride out the storm.
  — Julianne McShane, NBC News, 30 Aug. 2023
• Stay away from windows and doors, and stay off porches and balconies.
  — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 3 July 2024
• Kate Bulkeley’s pledge to stay off social media in high school worked at first.
  — Jocelyn Gecker, Fortune, 5 June 2024
• Staying away from windows and doors, and stay off porches.
  — Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 26 June 2024
• But the heating system and some lights stayed off as the overnight temperature dipped into the 30s.
  — Kate Ruder, CNN, 11 June 2024
• Friends told her to stay off the internet, but Annette wanted to know what the people online knew, in case of a threat.
  — Bishop Sand, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2024
• People are urged to stay off the mud flats, but if someone does become stuck they are urged to call 911 right away, McDaniel said.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 24 May 2023
• People who remained in the area were under curfew Wednesday and advised to stay off the roads.
  — Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2023
• In a briefing, Houston Mayor John Whitmire said four people were killed in the storms and warned people to stay off the roads.
  — Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 16 May 2024
• For much of the time that the bus was making its trip, local officials in the region were asking people to stay home and stay off the roads.
  — Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2023
• Resisting the urge to scratch is more challenging than trying to stay off your phone.
  — Celeste Polanco, Essence, 30 Aug. 2024
• For now, the union is asking writers to stay off the picket lines but continue to withhold their work.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2023
• The shape of this silky mask stays off your eyelids, thereby relieving pressure for the wearer.
  — Meredith Woerner, Variety, 10 Oct. 2023
• The flood watch remains in effect into the afternoon, and officials have urged people to stay off the roads.
  — WIRED, 29 Sep. 2023
• Waterways are not safe right now, officials said, adding that Vermonters should stay off of the rivers, even as the weather gets hot over the next few days.
  — Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 11 July 2024
• After staying off of Youtube for three weeks, Paul returned to the site with a seven-minute video about suicide awareness and a pledge to donate $1 million to the cause.
  — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2023
• Christopher, who was targeted while on the school trip, stayed off his phone for a while and has recently eased back on with a more vigilant eye.
  — Chris Moody, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
• After spending years in the spotlight herself as a model, Iman advised Lexi to stay off the radar as long as possible.
  — Emma Kershaw, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
• Police urged people to stay off the roads as crews responded to multiple locations in the north Clarksville area.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 9 Dec. 2023
• Patients using it can stay off a ventilator between four and 24 hours a day.
  — Julie Washington, cleveland, 25 July 2023
• In a statement on X, Gov. Ned Lamont urged drivers to stay off the roads unless necessary.
  — Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2024
• Freeman kept with the institutional ethos and mainly stayed off the soundstages and let the directors do their work.
  — Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024
• City officials urged residents to stay off the roads and stay home on Sunday if possible.
  — Gene Norman, CNN, 18 June 2023
• Customers said Xcel Energy failed to give them enough notice and to keep them updated on how long power would stay off.
  — Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2024
• The latest: One of those 11 victims of the storm is a first responder, which Kemp said served as a reminder as to why people should stay off the road and be patient with utility and cleanup crews.
  — Kristal Dixon, Axios, 27 Sep. 2024
• Joey Hopkins, North Carolina’s secretary of transportation, asked people to stay off the roads so that emergency and recovery crews can get into the area.
  — Erik Verduzco and Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 28 Nov 2024