work miracles

phrase

1

: to do the kind of amazing or wonderful thing that is believed to be only within the power of God

I'll do my best, but I can't work miracles.

2

: to do something amazing or wonderful

She worked miracles with the redecorating.

Examples of work miracles in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Jesse Chavez could work miracles. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2026

There is an aura of confidence in the answers, along with a cultural notion that machines can somehow work miracles and act perfectly. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025

In the days following our interview water started flowing to the vast majority of Asheville due to the herculean work and response from teams sent in from all over — federal, state, and local — to work miracles on our water system. — Sid Evans, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2024

Pochettino will not be expected to work miracles and win the next World Cup. — Rudy Chinchilla, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2024

Maybe first-year Falcons coach Raheem Morris can work miracles to create a pass rush. — Larry Holder, The Athletic, 18 July 2024

This experience helped shape my desire to be a part of making people’s lives better, to try to forge a world where families and children didn’t have to work miracles to survive or to live with dignity. — Josefina Santos, Glamour, 16 Oct. 2023

Unfortunately, guzzling water from your Stanley tumbler won't work miracles for your heels. — Marisa Petrarca, Allure, 30 June 2023

Many conservatives assume that the market can work miracles and produce firms which can educate the uneducable. — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 10 May 2010

Rhymes for work miracles

• heracles
• spiracles