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

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

We agreed that we would do what we could ourselves and that we would hire out what we couldn’t do.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 30, 2019

I could sew or hire out to scrub stables.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson