How to Use workday in a Sentence

workday

noun
  • On workdays I usually wake up at six o'clock.
  • At the end of the workday, there was still no word from the E.E.O.C.
    E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2025
  • At the end of the workday, his knees were bright red and swollen.
    Binghui Huang, IndyStar, 19 Oct. 2022
  • The workday has changed quite a bit over the past two years.
    Peter Ord, Forbes, 16 May 2022
  • School was over for the day and soon the workday would be done, too.
    Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 7 Apr. 2024
  • And the purpose of that song is to get you through that workday.
    Marcus J. Moore, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2024
  • At the end of the workday, my husband and I sit in front of the fireplace and talk.
    Beth Thames | Bethmthames@gmail.com, al, 15 Feb. 2022
  • Having those out of the way at the beginning of the workday makes the rest of the time go far smoother.
    Expert Panel, Forbes, 20 May 2021
  • That’s a heck of a way to spend the workday, after a 5,000-year commute.
    John Anderson, WSJ, 8 Mar. 2022
  • The first is a Day Pass, which allows use of a room during the workday, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
    Curtis Tate, USA TODAY, 8 Nov. 2020
  • The thermos became a staple of the outdoors and the workday.
    Zara Hanawalt, Parents, 5 Jan. 2024
  • By the end of the workday on Friday, the letter had not arrived.
    Michael S. Schmidt, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2025
  • It can be made ahead of time and packed for a picnic or workday lunch.
    Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 23 Apr. 2022
  • One of his concerns is whether the workday will ever be the same again.
    Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 5 May 2020
  • Business Column: The eight-hour workday was the paramount goal of unions in the 1800s.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Humans used to measure the length of a workday by the rising and setting of the sun.
    Eric Alt, Popular Science, 17 Dec. 2020
  • On those 12-hour workdays, her mother watched the boys.
    Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2024
  • And a break during the workday where there are no meetings is still in place.
    Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Edging past the 10-hour mark isn’t enough to stand out in this tier, but long enough to last a workday off of the outlet.
    PCMAG, 27 Mar. 2024
  • At the end of the workday, the couple mosey from their barn to their home on a wooded hill a few yards away.
    Jamie Clarkson, The Enquirer, 26 June 2021
  • The workday often ends after midnight, when trucks have hauled away the last of the day’s crop.
    Qadri Inzamam Saumya Khandelwal, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
  • Throughout the workday, a plan had taken shape in my mind.
    oregonlive, 30 July 2022
  • First of all, your house doesn’t look like a day care center, because there, the adults clean up at the end of a workday.
    Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 11 Sep. 2020
  • Having shifts cut or extended in the middle of the workday is the norm.
    Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2020
  • Come to one of their workdays, the third Saturday of every month, from 10 a.m. to noon.
    Lonnie Burstein Hewitt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2025
  • The 9-to-5 workday, or any semblance of it, seems like a relic of a bygone era.
    Author: Michelle Davis, Jeff Green, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Apr. 2020
  • For a boost of energy to power through the rest of her workday, Krawcheck takes a 15-minute nap.
    Rachel Ventresca, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2024
  • Many people turn on their work persona and push through the workday.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Use add-ons to make your outfit feel like a true reflection of your personal aesthetic while still being appropriate for the workday.
    Kelsey Stiegman, Glamour, 7 May 2025
  • Anthropic says the assistant could be a tool for automating mundane aspects of the workday rather than eliminating roles.
    Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 22 May 2025

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