light work
Example Sentences
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Many hands make light work in those situations.
From Slate • Feb. 24, 2026
"Djokovic messaged me to say 'you have to pay me'," he said in his on-court interview after making light work of 19th seed Paul, to laughter from an adoring crowd.
From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026
You can see the leopard print pattern in the petri dish where the phage have been making light work of a bacterial infection that modern medicine was struggling to shift.
From BBC • Jun. 27, 2025
The kitchen was chaotic, as kitchens always are, but many hands made for light work.
From Salon • Mar. 6, 2025
It was light work and I was fast on my feet.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
