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 average woman in Japan does about 3-and-a-half hours of housework and child care a day.
    Pamela Boykoff, CNN, 7 July 2019
  • 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
  • My partner works 40 hours a week at a UPS store, then comes home to do housework and play with our son.
    Liz Tracy, Glamour, 13 Sep. 2018
  • At 7, she was put in charge of housework and taking care of her younger siblings.
    Jenna Ryu, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2022
  • The worst thing feminists will make men do is an equal share of housework.
    Jennifer Wright, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 Aug. 2019
  • 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
  • But her grand idea to end the drudgeries of housework never took hold, and by 2002, the cost of running the house had bled her savings dry.
    Ben Panko, Smithsonian, 20 July 2017
  • But her grand idea to end the drudgeries of housework never took hold, and by 2002, the cost of running the house had bled her savings dry.
    Ben Panko, Smithsonian, 20 July 2017
  • 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
  • In the 1950s, when my brain hardened into its present shape, men did not wear earrings, cry, or help with the housework.
    David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 23 Oct. 2019
  • 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
  • Even younger sisters will do more housework than their older brothers, the study found.
    Allie Volpe, Vox, 10 June 2024
  • Working parents have less time for housework that often feels ideal.
    Teresa Hopke, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024

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