How to Use family leave in a Sentence

family leave

noun
  • But what about new mothers out on family leave for three months?
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 13 Oct. 2019
  • The front opens for cleaning once the family leaves the nest.
    — Dallas Morning News, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Most families left by choice or were bought out by the government.
    — Quanta Magazine, 16 Apr. 2019
  • But putting family leave policies on paper will not be enough.
    — CNN, 4 June 2020
  • The rental was trashed, the family leaving behind chairs and garbage bags stuffed with clothes.
    — Ben Austen, The New Republic, 21 June 2018
  • Gutierrez-Ruiz didn’t want to leave town, but there was no family left to care for him.
    — Chris Outcalt, Longreads, 19 Dec. 2017
  • One of the provisions that's not in the bill, that’s been dropped from the bill is paid family leave.
    — ABC News, 31 Oct. 2021
  • Here are a few tips to set up your new business for success during family leave.
    — Stuf, Forbes, 1 July 2022
  • This includes up to six months of family leave and medical leave.
    — Paula Rogo, Essence, 12 Oct. 2019
  • After the family left, repo men showed up for their two cars, and their house was foreclosed.
    — Times Staff, latimes.com, 25 Jan. 2018
  • There are a few places where Shannon's family leaves the urn behind.
    — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Already the student body was too large for its building, and more families left the church every month.
    — Alden Woods, azcentral, 27 Mar. 2018
  • For Google, as for others, one key incentive came in the form of family leave.
    — Joanne Lipman, Time, 25 Jan. 2018
  • Some Democrats have pushed a family leave act in the legislature for years but failed each time.
    — Wayne Williams, The Denver Post, 1 June 2020
  • The Spurs will have a chance to do that once DeRozan returns from family leave.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Mar. 2021
  • The nurse draws it up, the doctor gives a heads-up to the parent, and the shot happens before the family leaves.
    — Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Dahlberg knows that Tallulah, a 9-month-old mixed breed, barks when her family leaves the house.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Every year, sometime around the last weekend of April, my family leaves.
    — Anna Thomas Bates, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 May 2018
  • In some towns, families leave a trail of orange marigold petals in a path to their doorways so the spirits of the dead can find their way home.
    — Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2017
  • Martinez, who was 5 at the time of the riots, grew up hearing stories about why his family left the city.
    — Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2018
  • Many were not sick with the virus, but took family leave to deal with such things as child care needs and school closures during the pandemic.
    — oregonlive, 3 June 2021
  • In time, the family left the feedlot business and moved south to Krum, north of Dallas.
    — Melissa Lyttle, Smithsonian, 13 Dec. 2017
  • The funding does not include paid family leave for care and bonding time with the baby for either parent.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
  • But Wicks was the deciding vote on a separate bill to expand family leave in the state.
    — Barbara Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 12 Sep. 2020
  • After a three-day stint on the family leave list, Kirby Yates is back in the Padres’ bullpen.
    — Jeff Sanders, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 Aug. 2017
  • Another camera outside the store shows the family leaving, with the child still holding the doll.
    — Bree Burkitt, azcentral, 18 June 2019
  • For the first three months, Cody was able to take family leave and stay with them full time, something Strauss doesn’t take lightly.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Meanwhile, Cullins and his family left the station, the detective said.
    — Joshua Sharpe, ajc, 1 May 2018
  • The young princess was holding hands with her mother, Kate Middleton, as the family left church.
    — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 26 Dec. 2019
  • Harbor House provides new linens to every family to use in the shelter and to take when the family leaves for a new home.
    — Kate Santich, orlandosentinel.com, 19 Nov. 2019

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