How to Use workday in a Sentence

workday

noun
  • On workdays I usually wake up at six o'clock.
  • At the end of the workday, there was still no word from the E.E.O.C.
    — E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2025
  • At the end of the workday, his knees were bright red and swollen.
    — Binghui Huang, IndyStar, 19 Oct. 2022
  • The workday has changed quite a bit over the past two years.
    — Peter Ord, Forbes, 16 May 2022
  • School was over for the day and soon the workday would be done, too.
    — Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 7 Apr. 2024
  • And the purpose of that song is to get you through that workday.
    — Marcus J. Moore, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2024
  • At the end of the workday, my husband and I sit in front of the fireplace and talk.
    — Beth Thames | [email protected], al, 15 Feb. 2022
  • Having those out of the way at the beginning of the workday makes the rest of the time go far smoother.
    — Expert Panel, Forbes, 20 May 2021
  • That’s a heck of a way to spend the workday, after a 5,000-year commute.
    — John Anderson, WSJ, 8 Mar. 2022
  • The first is a Day Pass, which allows use of a room during the workday, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
    — Curtis Tate, USA TODAY, 8 Nov. 2020
  • The thermos became a staple of the outdoors and the workday.
    — Zara Hanawalt, Parents, 5 Jan. 2024
  • It can be made ahead of time and packed for a picnic or workday lunch.
    — Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 23 Apr. 2022
  • Business Column: The eight-hour workday was the paramount goal of unions in the 1800s.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Humans used to measure the length of a workday by the rising and setting of the sun.
    — Eric Alt, Popular Science, 17 Dec. 2020
  • On those 12-hour workdays, her mother watched the boys.
    — Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2024
  • And a break during the workday where there are no meetings is still in place.
    — Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Edging past the 10-hour mark isn’t enough to stand out in this tier, but long enough to last a workday off of the outlet.
    — PCMAG, 27 Mar. 2024
  • At the end of the workday, the couple mosey from their barn to their home on a wooded hill a few yards away.
    — Jamie Clarkson, The Enquirer, 26 June 2021
  • The workday often ends after midnight, when trucks have hauled away the last of the day’s crop.
    — Qadri Inzamam Saumya Khandelwal, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
  • Throughout the workday, a plan had taken shape in my mind.
    — oregonlive, 30 July 2022
  • Having shifts cut or extended in the middle of the workday is the norm.
    — Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2020
  • For a boost of energy to power through the rest of her workday, Krawcheck takes a 15-minute nap.
    — Rachel Ventresca, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2024
  • Many people turn on their work persona and push through the workday.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2021
  • The 9 to 5 workday is at least a century old, and for good reason.
    — Kofi Gyekye, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2021
  • And with solid sound and up to 15 hours of battery life, these buds can power you through the thick of a workday.
    — Cnn Underscored Staff, CNN Underscored, 14 Oct. 2020
  • When the workday is over, head to the nearby Kaunas Reservoir beach, just a short walk away.
    — Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 1 June 2022
  • The post is also wrong in asserting unions had no role in the eight-hour workday.
    — Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Cap off your workday with something good for your mind and body —and bring a buddy!
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2022
  • Here are a few tips to stop the temptations of lying down once the workday begins.
    — Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Mar. 2025
  • At the end of the meal, our plates are cleared, our stomachs are satiated, and our hearts are full with Del Frisco love—and all that, just before the real finance bro rush begins at the end of the workday.
    — Florence O'Connor, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2025

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