How to Use work to in a Sentence
work to
phrasal verb-
This mist works to pen up and deeply cleanse your pores.
— Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2024 -
And now he’s spent the past week working to clear his name.
— Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 22 Feb. 2024 -
This is early days and there is still a lot of work to be done.
— Meghan McCormick, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024 -
At the end of the day, Fox credits her life’s work to the bygone era she was raised in.
— Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2024 -
Wade worked to help Minor and had known her for two decades.
— Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 28 Jan. 2024 -
Is there still work to be done to make the game a fair space for everyone?
— Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Aug. 2023 -
And in that time, others will work to silence your vote.
— Essence, 5 Dec. 2023 -
The government with the help of agencies has been working to clear the area since spring.
— Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 22 July 2023 -
Biden has worked to lower prices of some drugs, but there's still a huge cost for a lot of people.
— Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 15 July 2024 -
Show your work to others, get feedback, and shoot again.
— Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Oct. 2023 -
Video shows the suspect working to remove the watch from the victim's wrist as the injured man lies on the ground.
— Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 17 May 2024 -
At the convention, Democrats are working to reclaim the flip side of weird.
— Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2024 -
And while there’s still quite a bit of work to do, the landscape of women’s soccer seems to be improving.
— Kylie Volavongsa, Kansas City Star, 21 June 2024 -
Yet Pirelli is well aware of the climate crisis and is working to reduce its impact on the world.
— Roberto Baldwin, Ars Technica, 22 Nov. 2023 -
Part of an actor’s job is selling their work to viewers.
— Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2023 -
In recent weeks, a number of television shows have worked to get back on track.
— Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023 -
Walking through the hotel is like strolling through an art gallery, with numerous works to stop and stare at.
— Austa Somvichian-Clausen, Travel + Leisure, 10 Oct. 2024 -
Crews were also working to quell the Toll Fire in Napa County.
— Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 2 July 2024 -
Peñarol and River Plate have work to do but are big favourites to progress, Flamengo less so, despite a 2-0 win.
— Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024 -
The units have since been stripped to the studs, and electricians are currently working to rewire.
— Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2024 -
There’s also more work to bring the more secure version of the app to all of Beeper’s platforms — right now, Android is far ahead of the rest.
— David Pierce, The Verge, 9 Apr. 2024 -
Antisemitism is evil and X will always work to fight it on our platform.
— Alicia Diaz, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2023 -
The Lakers are still working to fill out the rest of Redick’s staff, including one front-of-bench assistant.
— Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2024 -
Margot and Shostak are among the scientists committing their life’s work to that search.
— Alexandra E. Petri, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2023 -
In recent weeks, Geico has worked to seed the ground for the documentary’s debut.
— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 8 Feb. 2024 -
There was still more work to do to corroborate Smith’s story.
— Eric J. Greenberg, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2023 -
Part of this, of course, is because buyers with the means are working to avoid high mortgage rates by purchasing in cash.
— Anna Bahney, CNN, 19 Oct. 2023 -
Prince Harry made a special visit to a group of young people working to make the world a more equitable place.
— Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 July 2023 -
Agents scoured the scene for evidence and worked to map out a timeline of his death, including a review of the victim’s final text messages.
— Josh Campbell, CNN, 23 Oct. 2024 -
Could the incumbents put that to work to invest in newer forms of content to attract and retain these audiences?
— Howard Homonoff, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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