How to Use worked in a Sentence

worked

adjective

• The upper part of the piece, with open-worked clockworks, is shaped like a spaceship.
  — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 15 Dec. 2021
• The unit cost has risen owing to inflation and upgrades, but the scheme more or less worked.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 12 May 2021
• The watch is equipped with a new 22-karat rose gold open-worked oscillating weight.
  — Roberta Naas, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2021
• And while a lot of variables shifted to make that happen, a key part of the change was re-worked sound design.
  — Anhar Karim, Forbes, 5 Apr. 2021
• With all the wheels on the bus, Derulo entered the picture and their re-worked duet arrived in May, sparking the song onto the charts.
  — Eric Frankenberg, Billboard, 21 July 2021
• Chef Rametta learned that from his mother, Kimiko, who wasn't a chef but always worked magic in the kitchen.
  — Carol Wolfram, NOLA.com, 31 May 2017
• The case is a sapphire container that is mounted on an 18-karat gold base with open worked lugs and an inner bezel ring.
  — Roberta Naas, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2021
• The mechanics of use are distinct, and the worked substrates in the Inuit and Freuchen cases are different.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 16 Sep. 2019
• Fifty-five percent worked year-round, while 15% worked only during school breaks and 6% worked only during the school term.
  — Karen Herzog, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 July 2017
• George Bush, how worked for, he was attacked in a pretty unrelenting way.
  — Fox News, 6 Apr. 2018
• The realization of an initial sketch: a detail of the back of Cho’s timepiece, with an open-worked movement handmade by Klings.
  — Mark Cho, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2021
• Its mainplate and bridges are made of solid 18-karat rose gold that is open-worked and meticulously finished.
  — Roberta Naas, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2021
• The dial side also offers a peek at the open-worked barrel at 10 o’clock and the coiled mainspring, providing 72 hours of power reserve.
  — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2021
• Given my request for an open-worked movement, the watch could not be any less than 36.5 mm, as the movement parts simply could not be miniaturized any further.
  — Mark Cho, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2021
• That more or less worked with spaghetti alla chitarra cacio e pepe ($23) but not so much with whole wheat tagliatelle with beef pork and veal Bolognese $25.
  — John Mariani, Forbes, 25 July 2022
• The struggles were a product of offseason swing changes that never quite worked and an inability to return to his old form quickly.
  — Ryan Divish, The Seattle Times, 29 July 2017
• Marine Serre—a Motorhead head, apparently—put a young family in patch-worked rock tees of her own.
  — Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 14 Apr. 2021
• From that day on, Serena’s worked hand-in-hand with Nike designers to bring her legendary on-court looks to life and change the modern-day tennis outfit forever.
  — Essence, 24 Mar. 2022
• The Resolution Foundation has proposed a job-sharing initiative where two people work part-time on the same role, with the state paying for non-worked hours.
  — Alex Morales, Bloomberg.com, 23 Sep. 2020
• The Blues started in style with a wonderfully worked goal, with Jorginho's delightful assist finished off with Abraham's delicate finish as Chelsea seized the game by the scruff of its neck.
  — SI.com, 2 Nov. 2019
• Those who stayed worked shifts lasting hundreds of hours under Russian supervision, often not resting for days while trying to keep the station safe and systems running.
  — Serhiy Morgunov, Washington Post, 2 June 2022
• Lincoln had to be relocated, as well, leaving behind another segment of worked rock.
  — Michael Klinski, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2018
• Another, Bonded by Monica Bonvicini, in hot worked glass with metal buckles, looks like a tangle of men’s trouser belts.
  — Roger Catlin, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021
• Parker said the plan isn’t perfect but worked for retailers, environmentalists and the city government.
  — Lance Dixon, miamiherald, 27 Apr. 2017
• Downtown space is too expensive, and UMass Amherst’s nearly 60-acre agricultural property in Waltham never quite worked.
  — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Apr. 2018
• The Tecnica prototype felt much closer to production than that first STO did, with a near-finished interior and a welcome absence of the funk of sweaty engineers that tends to permeate hard-worked test mules.
  — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 12 Apr. 2022
• Under the re-worked proposal, all eligible employees would still get Juneteenth off.
  — Courtney Astolfi, cleveland, 18 May 2021
• Apparently, their strategy - resembling the Zero Covid policy of countries such as New Zealand - has more or less worked.
  — Joshua Cohen, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2021
• Geodesic domes, initially designed as the ideal solution to a post-WWII housing shortage, never quite worked.
  — Josh Kramer, The Atlantic, 12 July 2017
• Michigan's philosophy of rotating backs, keeping everyone fresh and working as a collective worked once again.
  — Nick Baumgardner, Detroit Free Press, 6 Sep. 2017

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