How to Use paperwork in a Sentence

paperwork

noun

• The lawyer had us fill in the paperwork for the mortgage.
• She failed to file the paperwork on time.
• Their paperwork is in the mail, please keep an eye out.
  — Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
• What stayed with her was not the paperwork.
  — Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
• The fan didn’t wait for the paperwork.
  — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Mar. 2026
• The nurse thinks a child might help if the paperwork doesn’t come through.
  — Stephen Saito, Variety, 14 Sep. 2024
• All King had to do was sign the paperwork.
  — ProPublica, 13 Sep. 2025
• What about all the paperwork that comes at the end of the campaign?
  — Kourtney Pope, refinery29.com, 9 May 2022
• The paperwork would likely take a day or so to process.
  — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
• From the outside, this might sound like paperwork or red tape.
  — Payton Herres, STAT, 19 May 2026
• Ask the shop to note mileage on intake paperwork.
  — Josh Max, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
• Three months later your lawyer sends you the start paperwork.
  — Anonymous, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 June 2023
• Will add to time paperwork in the future.
  — Staff Reports, Florida Times-Union, 24 Mar. 2026
• Alzheimer’s does not wait while paperwork is processed.
  — Liz Helms, Oc Register, 5 Mar. 2026
• Blakeman did all the paperwork on time.
  — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
• The visa paperwork was almost too much.
  — Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
• The paperwork filled 16 three-inch binders.
  — Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 31 Jan. 2026
• The story of the artwork played out through tons and tons of paperwork.
  — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2025
• Each required new paperwork — and more time.
  — Molly Parker, ProPublica, 4 Sep. 2025
• My first treatment started, as many do, with a small pile of paperwork.
  — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 20 Jan. 2026
• Once a lawyer takes on a case, the first step is often paperwork and fact-checking.
  — Matt Emma, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
• Speaking of paperwork, there’s an awful lot of it in this episode.
  — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 10 June 2026
• This monthly process avoids a backlog of paperwork for the staff.
  — Williesha Morris | [email protected], al, 7 July 2023
• Those who insist aren’t able to get their paperwork in order.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 18 Feb. 2022
• Her son, still in college, oversaw the front desk and the paperwork.
  — Corina Knoll Ben Laffin Mark Abramson, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2023
• But De Souza said these kinds of schemes are far more than just paperwork crimes.
  — NBC News, 11 Apr. 2022
• But closed borders and paperwork backlogs stalled the trade for months.
  — Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2021
• She, along with others, were told they would be discharged once paperwork was signed.
  — Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2024
• In the meantime, grief overlaps with paperwork and phone calls.
  — Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Mar. 2025
• She’s been told that an apartment is hers, pending paperwork.
  — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 25 Mar. 2026