WORK in a Sentence

Learn WORK from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

420 example sentences for WORK, such as:

1. This tapestry is a work of art.
2. The actual nest is a work of art.
3. The work she does is absolutely vital.
4. Biddy dropped her work, and looked at me.
5. All his work bears the stamp of authority.

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 Meanings and Examples of WORK
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
work
 v.  do a job, especially the job you do to earn money
 n.  an activity, such as a job, that a person uses physical or mental effort to do
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  I could only think of the bourne of my travels and the work which was to occupy me whilst they endured.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18
2  Having parted from my friend, I determined to visit some remote spot of Scotland and finish my work in solitude.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
3  But now I went to it in cold blood, and my heart often sickened at the work of my hands.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
4  Even now I cannot recollect without passion my reveries while the work was incomplete.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
5  I'd like to do more work on Long Island if I could get the entry.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
6  His brown, hardening body lived naturally through the half fierce, half lazy work of the bracing days.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
7  I wasn't worth a decent stroke of work but it was more than that--I didn't want to leave Gatsby.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
8  Right off he did some work for a client of mine up to Albany.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
9  It must have been a work of vast ability in the somniferous school of literature.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In X. THE LEECH AND HIS PATIENT
10  There is something at work in my soul which I do not understand.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Letter 2
11  The work of one moment was destroyed by the next.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 31
12  He had chosen this work, he said, because the declamatory style was framed in imitation of the Eastern authors.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13
13  Dolge Orlick was at work and present, next day, when I reminded Joe of my half-holiday.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XV
14  "I'd be a match for all noodles and all rogues," returned my sister, beginning to work herself into a mighty rage.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XV
15  Biddy dropped her work, and looked at me.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XVIII
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  Malcolm's work methods appear amazingly slapdash.
17  The work she does is absolutely vital.
18  The work will not be confined to the Glasgow area.
19  The actual nest is a work of art.
20  This tapestry is a work of art.
21  This is clearly the work of a superior artist.
22  She's an artist whose work I really admire.
23  They live together, work together and socialize together.
24  The work had been done with painstaking attention to detail.
25  All his work bears the stamp of authority.
26  According to my information work was due to start last week.
27  There are many who will work hard to achieve these goals.
28  You will have to work hard to achieve your aim.
29  You will achieve your ambition if you work hard.
30  Try to achieve a better balance between work and play.