Examples of workaholic in a Sentence
My brother is a real workaholic who almost never takes time off.
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As a trusted lieutenant to Ted Rogers, Lind served alongside a business pioneer known as a workaholic, a demanding boss and a stubborn leader.
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Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Aug. 2023
Her beloved father, a workaholic who owned a used car lot, had always been her protector.
—Michelle Matthews | Mmatthews@al.com, al, 31 Aug. 2023
Her mother, an eccentric workaholic, delegated the great bulk of child care to her playful and charismatic, if pretentious and self-involved, husband and to the family’s reliable, steady nanny.
—Priscilla Gilman, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2023
David, an impossible-to-please workaholic, was always looking for a better line or joke.
—Time, 21 Aug. 2023
In the machismo culture of the newsroom, burnout was a foreign concept, as was counseling a workaholic to pace himself.
—Julie Washington, cleveland, 29 July 2023
And psychologically, fellow workaholics may be able to learn from my experience.
—Janet Hook, Anchorage Daily News, 23 July 2023
Lunch was wheeled into the classroom on a metal cart, and the kids ate at their desks, like little workaholics.
—Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
An acknowledged workaholic, Gottlieb was also the most personal of editors.
—Hillel Italie, ajc, 14 June 2023
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Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Aug. 2023
Her beloved father, a workaholic who owned a used car lot, had always been her protector.
—Michelle Matthews | Mmatthews@al.com, al, 31 Aug. 2023
Her mother, an eccentric workaholic, delegated the great bulk of child care to her playful and charismatic, if pretentious and self-involved, husband and to the family’s reliable, steady nanny.
—Priscilla Gilman, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2023
David, an impossible-to-please workaholic, was always looking for a better line or joke.
—Time, 21 Aug. 2023
In the machismo culture of the newsroom, burnout was a foreign concept, as was counseling a workaholic to pace himself.
—Julie Washington, cleveland, 29 July 2023
And psychologically, fellow workaholics may be able to learn from my experience.
—Janet Hook, Anchorage Daily News, 23 July 2023
Lunch was wheeled into the classroom on a metal cart, and the kids ate at their desks, like little workaholics.
—Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
An acknowledged workaholic, Gottlieb was also the most personal of editors.
—Hillel Italie, ajc, 14 June 2023
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Word History
Etymology
work + -aholic
First Known Use
1947, in the meaning defined above
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“Workaholic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/workaholic. Accessed 8 Dec. 2023.
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workaholic
noun
work·a·hol·ic
ˌwər-kə-ˈhȯl-ik, -ˈhäl- 
: a compulsive worker
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