How to Use work through in a Sentence

work through

phrasal verb
Definition of work throughnext
  • Search and rescue teams worked through the night in the area of the wreckage.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2025
  • And what better way to work through a show than to watch it?
    — Max Gao, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Oct. 2024
  • All of which means Hiller must work through a lot of challenges.
    — Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Have a sit-down with your partner and work through your options.
    — Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The club will still be working through Devers’ 10-year deal around the same time.
    — Jen McCaffrey, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Leaving just us to soar, to undulate, to work through the Cabs’ puzzles of sound and mind.
    — Spin Staff, SPIN, 30 Sep. 2024
  • The process works through an aerosol mist which deposits tiny droplets past the skin barrier.
    — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 2 July 2024
  • The hair oil boosts radiance and the brush works through all of your beautiful knots and kinks with ease.
    — Annie Blackman, Allure, 13 June 2024
  • The zoning commission gave them one more month to work through things.
    — Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 July 2024
  • And from working through a cast and crew’s collective grief, a movie took shape and then flew on its own.
    — Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 3 July 2024
  • That includes a few full-fledged RPGs and adventure games that will take hours to work through.
    — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Tesla lost an early battle in the case, which is still working through the courts.
    — Kelvin Chan, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Hunt’s faith and conviction in working through loss in words gives this piece life.
    — Longreads, 4 Aug. 2023
  • One part of the clip shows Anthony Ramos and David Corenswet working through a scene inside a car.
    — Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 13 Aug. 2024
  • But as the pair worked through their issues and came back from the brink of breaking up, they were filled with a new gratitude.
    — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Servicers will have applications in the queue that will take some time to work through.
    — Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Crews worked through the night to finish the repairs needed to reopen the bridge, officials said.
    — The Courier-Journal, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Your niece is now going to have to work through her anger and disappointment.
    — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Computer tech teams and engineers worked through the night to resolve the glitch, the station said.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 20 July 2024
  • Even Kendrick’s evolution has been about trying to work through the trauma that was put on him, the anger that was placed on him, and then his own.
    — Essence, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Throughout the series, Daniel learns to work through his emotions, share with his friends, be a good big brother, and try new things.
    — Kara Nesvig, Parents, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Her career has already checked boxes many movie stars take decades to work through.
    — Leigh Nordstrom, WWD, 6 Dec. 2024
  • For the past year, Carroll and other adult survivors have been able to work through the trauma and find the strength to come forward, says Polenberg.
    — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Dive teams and other first responders worked through the night in the frigid waters of the Potomac River, where the aircraft had crashed.
    — Miles Cohen, ABC News, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Parents should be the ones who work with their children to work through some of these difficult problems.
    — CBS News, 23 July 2023
  • Every issue is complicated, and this is one of them that needs to be worked through.
    — Erika Ryan, NPR, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The lawyers argued that no trial date be set for the time being, while the two sides work through pre-trial motions and hearings.
    — Devlin Barrett, Anchorage Daily News, 11 July 2023
  • Some, who are non-citizens could apply to work through a visa program.
    — Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2023
  • After starting Duel 1 in 19th, Reddick worked through the field and began the final lap in eighth.
    — Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 16 Feb. 2024
  • This month, Pisces season is activating your chart’s fourth house of family matters and memories, sending you into a flurry of feelings, and potentially inspiring you to work through things from your past.
    — Nina Kahn, StyleCaster, 24 Feb. 2025

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