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.
• The nurse thinks a child might help if the paperwork doesn’t come through.
  — Stephen Saito, Variety, 14 Sep. 2024
• The story of the artwork played out through tons and tons of paperwork.
  — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2025
• Her son, still in college, oversaw the front desk and the paperwork.
  — Corina Knoll Ben Laffin Mark Abramson, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2023
• The district had started the process more than a year ago but didn't complete the paperwork.
  — Ryan J. Foley The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 27 Jan. 2024
• The people come first, and the paperwork will come second.
  — CBS News, 2 Apr. 2023
• This monthly process avoids a backlog of paperwork for the staff.
  — Williesha Morris | [e-mail], al, 7 July 2023
• Three months later your lawyer sends you the start paperwork.
  — Anonymous, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 June 2023
• Doan’s mom filled out the paperwork and accompanied her son to the States.
  — Susan Young, Peoplemag, 24 Sep. 2023
• In the meantime, grief overlaps with paperwork and phone calls.
  — Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Mar. 2025
• In the late 1980s, when the loan was taken, Mr. Jones was in a job-training program and filled out a mountain of paperwork.
  — New York Times, 25 May 2022
• No one must finish their job and then go fill out paperwork.
  — John Clemons, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
• The non-fiduciary role will last for 10 years or until her death, the paperwork states.
  — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2023
• After more yelling between the two, Li accuses the deputy of being a fake, throws the paperwork and slams the door shut.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2023
• JetBlue’s customer service advised her to bring the paperwork to the airport on the day of her flight.
  — Amanda Morris, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Aug. 2023
• The rescue was present when she was put down, and gave Siler and Flores the paperwork to formally adopt her.
  — Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 7 July 2023
• Most, if not all, of the Chinese people aboard the vessels had paperwork and cellphones.
  — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2025
• Many of us never think of keeping a receipt or paperwork for a gift card.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2022
• Two candidates filed paperwork to run for the city’s top job last year: Safraaz Alli and Gertrude Pierre.
  — Ryan Gillespie, Orlando Sentinel, 10 May 2022
• Most places take care of the entire process by walking you through the sales paperwork and transferring the title.
  — Elizabeth Rivelli, Car and Driver, 31 Mar. 2023
• The lawyers never filed paperwork alerting the appeals court.
  — Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, 5 Apr. 2024
• Mueller wrote in his paperwork obtained by Rolling Stone.
  — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2023
• Once at the jail, the man refused to sign paperwork and banged on the window and doors of his detoxification cell.
  — cleveland, 12 Aug. 2022
• And the paperwork, and all of the bureaucracy to make that happen is very cumbersome, takes a few hours of your time.
  — Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN, 31 July 2022
• The dhow’s crew lacked official paperwork, which allowed the U.S. boarding team to search the vessel.
  — Alex Horton, Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2024
• Sometimes, a customer complaint would lead to a change on the spot—no meetings, no paperwork, no process.
  — Hovhannes Avoyan, Forbes, 25 July 2022
• She, along with others, were told they would be discharged once paperwork was signed.
  — Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2024
• Parents who want to opt out should have an equal amount of paperwork to file as those who get their vaccine records from their pediatrician to prove compliance.
  — The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 2 Apr. 2025
• Businesses can quickly hire them part-time to help with a sudden increase in demand without needing all the paperwork, benefits and expenses attendant with a full-time employee.
  — Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025