How to Use duty in a Sentence

duty

1 of 2 noun

• They helped her out of a sense of duty.
• We felt it was our duty to help.
• I'll be ready when duty calls.
• His primary duty at the event is to take attendance.
• He has a duty to support his family.
• If new employees are unable to carry out their duties, they may be fired.
• Many reserve troops were called into active duty.
• Her brother returned from duty overseas.
• The View has not hired any other people to fulfill the writers' duties through the strike.
  — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 23 June 2023
• On Monday, April 8, 12 more will take the stage and Jelly Roll will perform the same duties.
  — Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024
• But off duty, Jason is a nice, normal, down-to-earth dude.
  — William Earl, Variety, 11 Jan. 2024
• While abating a nuisance, receivers act as the arm of the court and their first duty is to carry out the court’s orders.
  — Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
• Dozens of officers already were on duty in the area, amid the big crowd from the holiday.
  — Victoria Ballard, Susannah Bryan, David Lyons, Abigail Hasebroock, Juan Ortega South Florida Sun-Sentinel (tns), al, 30 May 2023
• Until the second or third week of their lives, worker bees take care of the internal duties of the hive.
  — The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
• Trevor Noah will once again serve as the Grammys’ host, his fourth year in a row taking on hosting duties.
  — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 2024
• Queen Camilla has stepped in to take over some of her husband's duties in recent weeks.
  — Lauren Frayer, NPR, 23 Mar. 2024
• The men were off duty when the assault occurred, officials said.
  — Deon J. Hampton, NBC News, 22 Sep. 2023
• Hired, in part, for his offensive acumen, he’s set to take over play-calling duties for the first time in Dallas.
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 5 May 2023
• Now foreign home buyers will have to pay a 60 percent duty, the highest property-tax rate in the world.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 28 Apr. 2023
• These officers were struck down while answering the call of duty to serve and protect.
  — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 18 Feb. 2024
• And hundreds of Nvidia’s workers have been called up to return to military duty.
  — David Meyer, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2023
• Muslim people believe this month is when the Prophet Muhammad was given the Quran and the duty to carry God's message.
  — Jordan Green, Detroit Free Press, 29 Feb. 2024
• Watchdog Should the city attorney be stripped of civil duties?
  — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Oct. 2023
• As a freshman last season, Daniels got spot duty, mainly as a runner.
  — Steve Kroner, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Apr. 2023
• The prison tower guard on duty when Mr. Cavalcante escaped was fired.
  — Maryclaire Dale, Marc Levy, and Michael Rubinkam, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Sep. 2023
• On the night of October 8th, the watchmen on duty did not spot the flames on DeKoven Street for nearly half an hour, delaying the initial response.
  — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
• Agriculture will be on the agenda, too, as will a call to extend a pause on duties on goods in digital form, like music and movies.
  — Jamey Keaten, Quartz, 16 Feb. 2024
• The shooting happened at around 8 p.m. on Wednesday, while Cram was on patrol duty in Algona.
  — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2023
• In the aftermath, amid a widening scandal, the third child of Queen Elizabeth II stepped back from his public duties.
  — Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
• Models off duty laughed and walked together in flowing skirts and trousers with comfy tops like a red striped jersey or a tube top.
  — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 13 Sep. 2023

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duty

2 of 2 adjective

• Oh, and the off-duty police officer who stopped the robbery?
  — Jared Gilmour, miamiherald, 14 Feb. 2018
• Police were called to the store to help an off-duty police officer to remove Juarez from the store.
  — Fox News, 26 Apr. 2018
• The off-duty police officer pulled out her own gun and fired at the robber three times, hitting him in the chest and leg.
  — Amanda Erickson, Washington Post, 14 May 2018
• Connelly was able to flag down an off-duty police officer from the side of the road.
  — Sarah Ladd, The Courier-Journal, 1 July 2019
• The teens tried to rescue him, and at one point an off-duty police officer also dove in to help search for him.
  — Adam Sennott, BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2018
• The off-duty school officer is married to one of the female victims, police said.
  — Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2018
• Her father was an off-duty metro officer who had come to assist the injured.
  — Megan Cassidy, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2017
• The man in the kayak, Chad Hammel, and two of his friends, one an off-duty lifeguard and the other an off-duty police officer, helped get Keane to shore.
  — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 July 2019
• Instead, the FBI agent wrote, the off-duty police officer simply sat with Uskanli for the duration of the flight.
  — Avi Selk, Washington Post, 23 May 2017
• Off-duty police officer Katia Sastre pulled out her own gun and put the man down.
  — Fox News, 15 May 2018
• All three were shot on June 14 by an off-duty police officer in a Costco in Corona.
  — Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2019
• In the city’s Yuen Long area, a Hong Kong off-duty police officer surrounded by demonstrators shot a 14-year-old in the leg.
  — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 5 Oct. 2019
• The driver was captured by an off-duty police officer soon after his car crashed into a post next to a tram stop in the center of the street.
  — Rob Taylor, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2017
• Among the injured was a preschool-age child and an off-duty police officer who arrested the driver.
  — Tacey Rychter and Gerry Mullany, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2017
• One of the dead includes an off-duty police officer who was attending the concert.
  — Karen Kucher, sandiegouniontribune.com, 2 Oct. 2017
• The manager told police an off-duty police officer by the name Andrew Mueller showed his firearm and badge to a female patron of the bar, the report states.
  — Jennifer Edwards Baker, Cincinnati.com, 23 Feb. 2020
• McLemore was in the company of a female off-duty police officer during the offense.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 10 Nov. 2019
• Kirkpatrick’s body was found in her Hurdle Mills front yard by an off-duty police officer.
  — Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 20 Sep. 2019
• The men in the car behind us were off-duty emergency medical technicians.
  — Mindy Van Wingen, Cosmopolitan, 2 June 2015
• He was dragged to safety by off-duty police officer Tom McGrath, who had to put his own fingers in Smith's bullet wound to stanch the bleeding.
  — Euan McKirdy and Erin Burnett, CNN, 5 Oct. 2017
• The shooting came two days after an off-duty police officer in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, was shot and killed.
  — Fox News, 31 Mar. 2018
• Ziemba faces charges of trespassing and assault of the off-duty police officer.
  — Khou.com Staff, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2017
• Should the city of Chicago have to pay $44 million for a shooting involving an off-duty police officer?
  — Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, 12 Dec. 2019
• In Missouri, a black off-duty police officer tried to assist after a police car chase ended in a shootout near his home.
  — Lucy McBath, Cosmopolitan, 23 June 2017
• Thankfully an off-duty police officer was nearby and helped waive down a pick-up truck to transport him to the hospital.
  — Essence.com, 3 Oct. 2017
• The woman went to a first aid station for treatment and contacted an off-duty police officer.
  — Usa Today Sports, USA TODAY, 3 May 2017
• The man, whose name has not been released, was chased by passers-by, including an off-duty police officer, and arrested near the station.
  — Washington Post, 30 July 2019
• Officers were told the people involved in the fight had been separated, and one of them was an off-duty police officer, the release said.
  — Mike Cruz, azcentral, 15 June 2019
• The woman happened to be an off-duty police officer in some type of medical distress.
  — Marlisse Cepeda, Woman's Day, 23 Feb. 2016
• Chauvin worked as an off-duty police officer for the club for nearly 17 years, Santamaria said.
  — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 1 June 2020

Last Updated: 3 May 2024