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work

[wurk] / wɜrk /








Usage

What are other ways to say work? Work is the general word for exertion of body or mind, and it may apply to exertion that is either easy or hard: fun work; heavy work. Drudgery suggests continuous, dreary, and dispiriting work, especially of a menial or servile kind: the drudgery of household tasks. Labor particularly denotes hard manual work: backbreaking labor; arduous labor. Toil suggests wearying or exhausting labor: toil that breaks down the worker's health.

Example Sentences

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He went to work as a pottery master for the Bashtanka House of Culture about a year and a half ago, and has been teaching classes there ever since.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Foreign Office said it had been "a long-standing priority under successive governments" to work for Abdel Fattah's release and see him reunited with his family in the UK, but condemned his posts as "abhorrent".

From BBC

"We receive some help, but it is not enough," said Eissa, who is trying to find work in the market.

From Barron's

But he backed away when the regime launched its deadly clampdown, continuing to work at a state TV building where he filmed Ramadan soap operas and a morning talk show.

From The Wall Street Journal

On Sunday, county public works crews constructed a temporary bridge essentially out of dirt, according to Capt. Shawn Millerick, a spokesperson for the San Bernardino County Fire Department.

From Los Angeles Times