chores
Example Sentences
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Some students come from privileged backgrounds and weren’t asked to do many chores at home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
I like to wake up at 7 a.m. to get my day started and do some chores, so going to sleep past midnight really takes a toll.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
“Within the anime, there are daemons that help and assist the chores of daily life, and that to me I find quite attractive. Like folding the laundry.”
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
Buddhism-themed tourism is thriving and tens of thousands of locals and foreigners sign up every year for "temple stay" retreats where they eat simple monastic food, do chores and meditate.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
She was thinking of all the chores they already did for Count Olaf, and was not in the mood to do more.
From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket
