Examples of housework in a Sentence
I got up early and did some housework.
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Sometimes the passivity results in long periods of unemployment or underemployment in which the husband neither looks for work nor does any extra parenting or housework.
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Oona Metz, Time, 13 Jan. 2026
Juggling careers and kids takes a toll on families, and housework often is fraught with resentments over who is doing it.
—Tracee M. Herbaugh, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Women had higher average scores, corresponding to greater difficulty, than men in completing activities of daily living (like housework or shopping) and instrumental activities of daily living (like eating and bathing) at 3, 6, and 12 months.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 18 Dec. 2025
In the 1960s, married women did seven times more housework than their husbands.
—Phillip Goericke, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2025
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Oona Metz, Time, 13 Jan. 2026
Juggling careers and kids takes a toll on families, and housework often is fraught with resentments over who is doing it.
—Tracee M. Herbaugh, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Women had higher average scores, corresponding to greater difficulty, than men in completing activities of daily living (like housework or shopping) and instrumental activities of daily living (like eating and bathing) at 3, 6, and 12 months.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 18 Dec. 2025
In the 1960s, married women did seven times more housework than their husbands.
—Phillip Goericke, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2025
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“Housework.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housework. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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housework
noun
house·work
ˈhau̇-ˌswərk 
: the work of housekeeping
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