at work

Example Sentences

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Isidora is an example of ancient syncretism at work: a Greek woman, painted in a Roman tradition, whose burial followed Egyptian customs of mummification.

From The Wall Street Journal

Social reformers, however, were already hard at work spreading what would be consequential ideas.

From The Wall Street Journal

In an industrial kitchen in the Netherlands, two dozen chefs are hard at work chopping vegetables and stirring pots at the World Snert and Stamppot Championships.

From Barron's

Hidden behind green leaves and thick stalks you can hear Diarra at work before you see her.

From BBC

The Household Cavalry admitted it had "failed Jack" and had taken action after a coroner concluded Jack, from Bridgend, was "plainly under stress" at work and did not intend to take his own life.

From BBC