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, his knees were bright red and swollen.
    Binghui Huang, IndyStar, 19 Oct. 2022
  • That’s enough juice to make it through your workday—and then some!
    Jade Chung-Lee, PC Magazine, 25 June 2025
  • 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
  • It can be made ahead of time and packed for a picnic or workday lunch.
    Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 23 Apr. 2022
  • Then players have to do it all over again in the next sun-up to sun-down workday.
    Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2025
  • One of his concerns is whether the workday will ever be the same again.
    Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 5 May 2020
  • Many people turn on their work persona and push through the workday.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Many people finish the workday not just tired but wired.
    Danielle Wilhour, The Conversation, 5 May 2026
  • And a break during the workday where there are no meetings is still in place.
    Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Aug. 2021
  • In the 1880s, unions pushed for an eight-hour workday.
    Sylvie Corbet, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
  • Cap off your workday with something good for your mind and body —and bring a buddy!
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2022
  • Plus, its 10-hour battery life will last you through the workday.
    George Yang, PC Magazine, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Will more people drive into the city at night than drive out at the end of the workday?
    courant.com, 22 Aug. 2019
  • Still, that’s enough to get through the workday on a single charge and most of the week with the case.
    Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Our morning or evening routines may have to shift to get our minds right for a new workday.
    Brittney Oliver, Essence, 12 July 2021
  • In other words, there’s more than enough power here to get through a full workday of use.
    Jason Cipriani, CNN Underscored, 1 Oct. 2020
  • That's 51 workdays a year, every year.
    Dan Adika, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • In Paris the workday for bakers once began in the dark.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Her workday rarely follows a predictable rhythm.
    Olivia Rose, AZCentral.com, 17 Aug. 2025
  • The post is also wrong in asserting unions had no role in the eight-hour workday.
    Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Set a timer to remind yourself to get up and walk around throughout the workday!
    Holly Carter, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
  • And to get through a workday while sick — even from bed — likely takes more meds than just sleeping it off.
    TIME, 20 Dec. 2023
  • No one’s workday was ever overturned by a spicy Cook tweet.
    Jim Edwards, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Many users drape one across the lap during the workday for the same calming effect.
    Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 7 May 2026
  • Martinez by lending her hands at the end of a 14-plus-hour workday.
    Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2019
  • At the end of the workday, my husband and I sit in front of the fireplace and talk.
    Beth Thames | [email protected], al, 15 Feb. 2022
  • For many mothers, workdays do not end after logging off.
    Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • 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

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