chores

Example Sentences

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Initially, that meant humans strapping iPhones to their foreheads, recording actions like cooking, cleaning and performing household chores.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

Alongside long hours of labour, many women also manage cooking, childcare and household chores in cramped homes with little relief from the heat.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

Granted, rebalancing is one of those periodic chores that’s easy to neglect, like dusting your refrigerator coils.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

There’s a reason that dad hobbies are all chores: woodworking, yard work, grilling, tinkering.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

He tells Mima to give us more indoor chores after school.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar