Examples of housework in a Sentence
I got up early and did some housework.
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In the 1950s, suburban housewives took amphetamines to get through the boredom of endless days of housework and child care.
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Paul Tough Eric Jason Martin Krish Seenivasan Brian St. Pierre, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
The final picture showed Maya working and Hunter next to her, doing housework.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
On top of having a job, some victims were reportedly forced to perform housework and yard work.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 20 May 2025
Amid these major milestones, housework can get left by the wayside.
—Izzy Baskette, People.com, 18 May 2025
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Paul Tough Eric Jason Martin Krish Seenivasan Brian St. Pierre, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
The final picture showed Maya working and Hunter next to her, doing housework.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
On top of having a job, some victims were reportedly forced to perform housework and yard work.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 20 May 2025
Amid these major milestones, housework can get left by the wayside.
—Izzy Baskette, People.com, 18 May 2025
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“Housework.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housework. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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housework
noun
house·work
ˈhau̇-ˌswərk 
: the work of housekeeping
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