Examples of go about in a Sentence
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These are scenes of a calm, rarefied order, as if a cell were a tidy factory with workers individually going about their focused tasks.
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Quanta Magazine, 18 Feb. 2026
As people go about their daily lives, they are constantly exposed to social pressures, moral shortcuts and negative influences.
—Irfan Sarwar, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
However, for anybody looking to find their perfect knife, asking the people who use them on the regular (chefs) and know how to wield them to their full extent is a smart way of going about it.
—Wilder Davies, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, at Phillies camp in Florida, Bryce Harper offered a strong defense of the way the Dodgers go about their business.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 15 Feb. 2026
Watching birds go about their morning business at eye level from the rooftop deck was pretty spectacular, and even a midnight bathroom run was cinematic.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2026
Far removed from the false hopes Taylor Swift would make an appearance at Pebble Beach, Akshay Bhatia and Ryo Hisatsune went about their business quietly at Spyglass Hill and wound up with a share of the lead Friday in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-am.
—Dallas Morning News, 13 Feb. 2026
And frankly, admired how Craig went about doing it.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Obama just went about his job and didn’t send untrained, uneducated wannabe stormtroopers into cities to intimidate people with tremendous shows of force.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 3 Feb. 2026
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Quanta Magazine, 18 Feb. 2026
As people go about their daily lives, they are constantly exposed to social pressures, moral shortcuts and negative influences.
—Irfan Sarwar, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
However, for anybody looking to find their perfect knife, asking the people who use them on the regular (chefs) and know how to wield them to their full extent is a smart way of going about it.
—Wilder Davies, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, at Phillies camp in Florida, Bryce Harper offered a strong defense of the way the Dodgers go about their business.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 15 Feb. 2026
Watching birds go about their morning business at eye level from the rooftop deck was pretty spectacular, and even a midnight bathroom run was cinematic.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2026
Far removed from the false hopes Taylor Swift would make an appearance at Pebble Beach, Akshay Bhatia and Ryo Hisatsune went about their business quietly at Spyglass Hill and wound up with a share of the lead Friday in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-am.
—Dallas Morning News, 13 Feb. 2026
And frankly, admired how Craig went about doing it.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Obama just went about his job and didn’t send untrained, uneducated wannabe stormtroopers into cities to intimidate people with tremendous shows of force.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 3 Feb. 2026
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“Go about.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20about. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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