chore

Example Sentences

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"MP3 players were clunky, storage was limited, and managing your music library felt like a chore," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

That’s why many financial planners urge clients to treat budgeting as an ongoing activity rather than a year-end chore.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 24, 2025

A sharp knife is, counterintuitively, a safer one, and it turns everyday prep from a chore into something closer to pleasure.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025

Driving has always felt like a chore to me.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

This feat requires what the early-twentieth-century American writer Sinclair Lewis called a “willingness to sift the sanctified lies,” a chore that is hard enough when the “lie” is trivial.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson