Examples of workaholic in a Sentence
My brother is a real workaholic who almost never takes time off.
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Urging your best bud not to waste tears over a jerk who cheated, say, or a workaholic who couldn’t even send a happy birthday text might seem like a reassuring reality check.
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Jenna Ryu, SELF, 28 Feb. 2024
My dad was and is a workaholic, so the care of my younger sister and the household all fell on me.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2024
Yet, personalities started to emerge: Li’s as awkward, with jokes that never seemed to land, and as a workaholic who never slept.
—Shibani Mahtani, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2023
Being a workaholic is often painted as a virtuous work ethic praised by leaders, a likely vestige of our Puritan roots.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 7 Dec. 2023
As a trusted lieutenant to Ted Rogers, Lind served alongside a business pioneer known as a workaholic, a demanding boss and a stubborn leader.
—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
Jenna Ryu, SELF, 28 Feb. 2024
My dad was and is a workaholic, so the care of my younger sister and the household all fell on me.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2024
Yet, personalities started to emerge: Li’s as awkward, with jokes that never seemed to land, and as a workaholic who never slept.
—Shibani Mahtani, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2023
Being a workaholic is often painted as a virtuous work ethic praised by leaders, a likely vestige of our Puritan roots.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 7 Dec. 2023
As a trusted lieutenant to Ted Rogers, Lind served alongside a business pioneer known as a workaholic, a demanding boss and a stubborn leader.
—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
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“Workaholic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/workaholic. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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workaholic
noun
work·a·hol·ic
ˌwər-kə-ˈhȯl-ik, -ˈhäl- 
: a compulsive worker
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