Examples of housework in a Sentence
I got up early and did some housework.
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Despite their vigorous and sustained efforts, intense seekers often face severe challenges like mental health struggles, excessive conflict and issues such as infidelity, substance abuse or disagreements over finances or housework in their marriages.
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Mark Travers, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
Sheila didn’t understand why her mother was doing housework for Gerry and his mom.
—Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
The film follows a struggling father Nick (Michele Morrone) who buys a lifelike artificially intelligent sim named Alice (Megan Fox) to help with housework while his wife Maggie (Madeline Zima) remains in the hospital awaiting a heart transplant.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Will's mother, Vy, and aunt, Vivian, ended up fighting over his mother's comments about them being too easy on Will with housework, turning it all over to butler Geoffrey.
—Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 26 Nov. 2024
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Mark Travers, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
Sheila didn’t understand why her mother was doing housework for Gerry and his mom.
—Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
The film follows a struggling father Nick (Michele Morrone) who buys a lifelike artificially intelligent sim named Alice (Megan Fox) to help with housework while his wife Maggie (Madeline Zima) remains in the hospital awaiting a heart transplant.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Will's mother, Vy, and aunt, Vivian, ended up fighting over his mother's comments about them being too easy on Will with housework, turning it all over to butler Geoffrey.
—Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Housework.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housework. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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housework
noun
house·work
ˈhau̇-ˌswərk 
: the work of housekeeping
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