How to Use workload in a Sentence

workload

noun
  • Students complained about the heavy workload.
  • All 435 members of the House have staffs of more than a dozen aides to help with a ceaseless workload.
    Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 17 July 2023
  • Tatum is fourth in the NBA in minutes played and the Celtics need to take a long-term approach on his workload.
    Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Nov. 2022
  • Focus on the facts of your workload and not the feelings of the other party.
    Dominique Fluker, Essence, 1 Sep. 2022
  • The Sox have been conscious of Kopech’s workload all season.
    Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2022
  • At the same time, the agency has faced a surging workload amid high levels of migration to the U.S.
    Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2024
  • The time constraint means Alzolay will pitch out of the bullpen rather than try to build him up for a starter’s workload.
    Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 17 Sep. 2022
  • Grimes and Aranda clearly trust Reese to make plays and be able to handle a tough workload.
    Dallas News, 12 Feb. 2023
  • At a half workload, he is projected for a 40% top-24 rate.
    Brandon Gdula, ajc, 19 Oct. 2022
  • It was salvaged by a two-games-per-week workload that is now routine.
    Graham Dunbar, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2022
  • That you have been forced to assume the workload of two employees and be paid less than the one who has left is unfair.
    Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 24 June 2024
  • Richardson stepped in and dominated the workload out of the backfield.
    Michael Haag, Dallas News, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The workload is light; LIV events are fifty-four holes, played over three days, rather than seventy-two, played over four.
    David Owen, The New Yorker, 15 June 2022
  • But Ionescu, who has gotten no more than six minutes of rest in the last six games, said the workload isn’t a concern.
    Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 22 June 2024
  • No doubt the return of Connaughton will help in that area, but also in terms of evening out the minutes workload for others.
    Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 22 Nov. 2022
  • What are your thoughts with Jalen Brunson leaving as far as what that’s going to do for your workload?
    Dallas News, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Atencio said he was given a heavy workload and forced to work without breaks.
    Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2023
  • That means backlogged orders have been shipped, and the company (and its peers) no longer need as much staff to handle the workload.
    David Goldman, CNN, 25 Apr. 2023
  • With the Wildcats in Akron, Sperling’s workload picked up to a season-high 29 carries.
    Matt Goul, cleveland, 17 Sep. 2022
  • Your workload could feel like a block between you and doing anything fun at the moment.
    Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2022
  • Coaches expected Hall to ramp up his workload this week as the focus shifts to USF.
    Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Aug. 2022
  • Could there be a similar workload in store for him this season?
    Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2022
  • The government is also looking at ways to curb teachers’ workload by five hours a week in the next three years.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune Europe, 5 June 2024
  • The heavier workloads for Moody and rookie Brandin Podziemski, both of whom played crunch time.
    Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Their deaths were felt by many to have been hastened by their workloads, and the myriad pressures levied on the young, gifted, and Black.
    Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Even without the pandemic, the workload would have been intense.
    Alan Judd, ajc, 30 June 2022
  • The margin for error is so slim that Davis’ workload must increase as not to run 37-year-old LeBron James into the ground.
    Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2022
  • In fact, your boss appears to respect your new boundaries and has lightened your workload.
    Callum Borchers, WSJ, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Richardson demurred when asked if Mrázek was feeling the workload, noting (correctly) that the Blackhawks did him no favors on Sunday.
    Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The workload could feel insane and cause strain in your personal relationship, for example.
    Kyle Thomas, People.com, 1 Dec. 2024

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