How to Use workaholic in a Sentence

workaholic

noun

• My brother is a real workaholic who almost never takes time off.
• Or must both the workaholic and the gamer unite for dish duty?
  — Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 7 Sep. 2020
• But the world-class workaholic has, of course, taken it back.
  — Maureen Dowd, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2022
• My dad was and is a workaholic, so the care of my younger sister and the household all fell on me.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2024
• Smith clearly is a workaholic, and to be honest, that’s a great thing.
  — Chuck Yarborough, cleveland, 16 Dec. 2019
• Deference is something the workaholic has grown used to and fond of.
  — Jason Horowitz, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2021
• The trick is to avoid becoming either a workaholic or a layabout.
  — Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 4 Aug. 2022
• Others long for a partner who is less of a workaholic or who cares more about their work.
  — Maggie Jones Gabra Zackman Krish Seenivasan Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2024
• In Mr. D’Andrea, the director has found a workaholic to be his Iran sentinel.
  — Matthew Rosenberg and Adam Goldman, New York Times, 2 June 2017
• Prince Charles has been called a workaholic by his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.
  — Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, 30 June 2022
• Something of a workaholic, Berkow has written a couple of dozen books.
  — Rick Kogan, chicagotribune.com, 22 Sep. 2020
• Lunch was wheeled into the classroom on a metal cart, and the kids ate at their desks, like little workaholics.
  — Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
• Portune, 60, was released from Drake Center in late May, but the workaholic still hasn't been able to get back to the office full-time.
  — Jason Williams, Cincinnati.com, 11 July 2019
• To the outside observer, Jack Antonoff might seem like something of a workaholic.
  — New York Times, 22 July 2021
• Most people who reach the level of Power 5 head coach are workaholics who think about little else than the task at hand.
  — Andy Staples, SI.com, 30 Aug. 2017
• Back then, Beck was a mix of perfectionist and workaholic.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Nov. 2021
• That is, until her own hearing drops out of sync, forcing the workaholic to take time off and reevaluate much of her life.
  — Jamie Lang, Variety, 7 Sep. 2021
• Chopra’s love interest, Sam Heughan, takes the lead role as Rob, a workaholic who finds himself with a new phone number.
  — Vulture, 14 Feb. 2023
• The Boring Company and brain chip startup Neuralink; and claims to be a workaholic.
  — Alena Botros, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2022
• Spielberg has described his dad as a workaholic who would often come home late.
  — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 23 Nov. 2022
• Thomas is a workaholic, but rabbit-loving neighbor Bea (Rose Byrne) brings out his kinder side.
  — Peter Hartlaub, Houston Chronicle, 7 Feb. 2018
• The ending is like a monstrous distortion of the workaholic’s nightmare.
  — A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
• How could Tan, who is stocky and often sports a rakish grin that belies the workaholic beneath, make such a blunder?
  — Bloomberg, latimes.com, 15 Mar. 2018
• Deborah is a workaholic on the verge of bitter, someone who grew tired of being cut and so became a knife.
  — J Wortham, New York Times, 12 May 2024
• The eight-episode series is based on the true story of creator and star Carly Craig, a workaholic who dates all 252 of her Tinder matches.
  — Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, 4 Sep. 2018
• Her beloved father, a workaholic who owned a used car lot, had always been her protector.
  — Michelle Matthews | [e-mail], al, 31 Aug. 2023
• My grandmother was a very smart investor and workaholic.
  — R29 Team, refinery29.com, 1 Mar. 2024
• When her past, present and future come before her, a shrewd workaholic is shown the wonders of embracing love and the spirit of Christmas.
  — jsonline.com, 21 Nov. 2020
• Twenty twenty turned me into a little bit of a workaholic.
  — Jillian Kramer, Glamour, 8 Dec. 2022
• In fact, for some workaholics, a mediocre performance review could be considered a best-case scenario.
  — Chris Woolston, Washington Post, 21 July 2024

Last Updated: 17 Oct 2024