in construction

idiom

: having a job that involves building things

"What do you do for a living?" "I'm in construction."

Examples of in construction in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Hands-on training in construction Sachse Construction provides Detroit High School students experience with trades in the construction industry. —Peyton Robinson, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 2025

After watching a contractor abandon his mother’s bathroom renovation, Edwin Williams realized how broken communication was in construction. —Margot MacHol Bisnow, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025

The team agrees that plastics still have a place in construction and the medical industry, but Cruz Foam has long-term lines of sight into these areas, too. —Jia H. Jung, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025

These clays can be used in construction to reduce the weight of concrete, improve thermal comfort in slabs, and even in gardening, turning a problematic coastal waste into a valuable, eco-friendly resource. —Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for in construction

• coproduction
• deconstruction
• introduction
• liposuction
• misconstruction
• postproduction
• preconstruction
• preproduction
• reconstruction
• reproduction
• abduction
• adduction