How to Use housework in a Sentence

housework

noun

• I got up early and did some housework.
• The courts, too, have tried their hand at putting a price on housework.
  — The Economist, 8 Mar. 2021
• Just do housework, take the dog for a walk or do 10 wall push-ups.
  — Tara Parker-Pope, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Dec. 2022
• The children took on much of the cooking and housework.
  — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2022
• Take the homemade lasagna and the offer of some housework; don’t be too proud.
  — Rebecca Cope, Vogue, 26 Nov. 2023
• So, do men just need to pitch in more with childcare and housework?
  — Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2023
• The ladies went to work at a chocolate factory while the men stayed home to do the housework.
  — Terry Kahler, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
• Zhang said her job is to do housework and spend time with her parents.
  — Larissa Gao, NBC News, 24 July 2023
• And women tend to take on more of the childcare and housework compared to men.
  — Kathryn Vasel, CNN, 13 Oct. 2020
• Women are being asked to do all the childcare, all the housework, and still be in the workforce.
  — CBS News, 18 June 2021
• The 39-year-old said he was brought to Britain from Djibouti at the age of nine and was forced to do housework in exchange for food.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 14 July 2022
• At 7, she was put in charge of housework and taking care of her younger siblings.
  — Jenna Ryu, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2022
• Denise, 62, still spends one night a week at the Lanzas’ apartment, helping with the kids and housework.
  — New York Times, 12 Apr. 2022
• Her tidy soul is drawn to housework, her piano, and taking care of her dolls.
  — Sarah Schutte, National Review, 28 Nov. 2020
• Women still do twice as much housework as men or care work as men.
  — How To Save A Country, The New Republic, 25 May 2023
• Every agent said nobody would want to read a book about housework and chores.
  — Amy Shoenthal, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022
• It’s not just about the time women spend doing housework.
  — Eoin O'Carroll, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Mar. 2021
• Neither helped with housework, and both were known to have temper tantrums.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 15 Apr. 2022
• The last thing anyone wants to worry about in the waning days of summer is housework.
  — Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2023
• Now, Naheed is left to manage the housework and care for the large family on her own.
  — Annie Gowen, Niko Kommenda and Saiyna Bashir, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Sep. 2023
• Joe Pinsker: The status quo, in which men don’t do as much housework as women, could seem like it’s nice for men.
  — Joe Pinsker, The Atlantic, 28 June 2022
• That's in some ways truer for women, who tend to do the second shift, of parenting and housework.
  — Lisa Selin Davis, CNN, 10 Aug. 2021
• The service helps pay for hourly workers who can help with errands and housework.
  — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2021
• The last thing anyone wants to worry about during the summer is housework.
  — Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 17 July 2023
• Mom wouldn’t have dared do housework in pajamas or old sweats.
  — Elaine Ayala, ExpressNews.com, 12 May 2020
• Her daughter, who is my stepdaughter and over 50 years old, has been asking to help us with the housework.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 26 Aug. 2020
• Among working mothers, 40% now spend at least three extra hours a day on child care and housework.
  — Kevin Sneader, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2020
• While some men who have suddenly spent more time at home have pitched in on housework and child care, others have still left the bulk of it to their wives.
  — Motoko Rich, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2020
• This aligns with his own ambitions of evading child care and housework.
  — New York Times, 17 May 2022
• This means that working from home is used to expand childcare or housework hours.
  — Caitlin Harrington, Wired, 13 Feb. 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024