How to Use on-off in a Sentence

on-off

adjective

• That gap of 14 percentage points is the largest on-off swing on the team.
  — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023
• Progress before now has been limited in a series of on-off talks over months.
  — Nidal Al-Mughrabi, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024
• Karla Souza plays de la Torre’s on-off girlfriend.
  — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 23 Apr. 2026
• But La Niña’s demise doesn’t flip an on-off switch in the atmosphere.
  — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025
• On the right is the shifter, throttle, and headlight auto on-off button.
  — Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, 6 Oct. 2023
• Connect the transformer's two red lead wires to the mains-load side of the on-off switch, and the two black leads to the neutral side.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 31 Oct. 2018
• Jenner and Scott have been on-off through their relationship.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 8 Apr. 2023
• Despite their simple on-off style, the shoes have a rugged, resilient design that’s fit to take on long walks and tough trails.
  — Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 11 July 2026
• But the on-off numbers tell a different story about which player is more valuable.
  — Cj Moore, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
• Sherman was quick to point out, however, that privacy is not a simple on-off switch.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 22 Feb. 2019
• One button is for on-off, while the remaining two buttons control the heat settings.
  — Jamie Wilson, Glamour, 2 June 2025
• Donald Trump‘s on-off bromance with Elon Musk appears to be very much on.
  — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2024
• Chavez and Cash had been in an on-off relationship that was volatile, prosecutors said.
  — Sara Schilling, Sacbee.com, 30 June 2025
• Still, there’s something unsettling about a creature with an on-off button and a spine that twists under your fingers.
  — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2025
• Justin and Selena's eight-year on-off relationship comes to its final end.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 3 Mar. 2023
• So who could this songwriter with the emotional on-off switch of a Vampire Diaries vamp be?
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 8 July 2026
• The on-off power, exacerbated by lots of mass in the rear and a light front end, make oversteer a reality.
  — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 8 Aug. 2025
• Meanwhile, customers have slammed its on-off Dollar Menu for not having a single $1 item.
  — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2024
• What followed was an on-off relationship that lasted seven years, the outlet noted.
  — Sharareh Drury, People.com, 27 May 2025
• Huynh, who has been in an on-off relationship with Combs since 2014, was not called as a witness.
  — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2025
• Love, and more specifically the on-off situationship at its heart, is the only thing this drama cares about.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2024
• The base has just two buttons, an on-off switch on the flosser’s handle, and a pressure dial on the base that allows users to fine-tune the force of the water spray.
  — Theresa Holland, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2023
• The former couple, who were in an on-off relationship, split shortly after their engagement.
  — Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 7 May 2026
• In experiments, the device achieved an on-off switching ratio above 19 decibels.
  — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
• Gomez’s last public relationship was with on-off ex-boyfriend Justin Bieber in 2018.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 31 Aug. 2023
• Scott and Jenner have an on-off relationship and share two children, Stormi and Aire.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 16 May 2023
• His on-off girlfriend Anna (Yara Bakri) knows enough to keep her distance during his volatile panic attacks.
  — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
• The lamp is fitted with a cream linen lamp shade that gently filters the light, hiding the on-off switch located on the socket, and is secured with silver hardware.
  — Maggie Horton, People.com, 9 July 2025
• From their on-off beginning to public spats and many, many declarations of profuse love, the two really have been together through thick and thin.
  — Stacey Leasca, Glamour, 21 Jan. 2025
• Last month, Jenner and her on-off boyfriend Travis Scott, the father of her two children, were reported to have broken up again.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 16 Feb. 2023