Examples of housework in a Sentence
I got up early and did some housework.
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Even in families in which the parents earn roughly the same amount, mothers spend six hours more a week on caregiving and housework than fathers do.
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Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 14 Apr. 2025
In egalitarian marriages, wives spend about 2.5 hours more per week on housework.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Apr. 2025
In addition to their own jobs, some victims were required to perform housework and yardwork, without compensation and without having their debt reduced.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 12 Apr. 2025
The aforementioned Pew Research Center study found wives consistently do more housework than husbands.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Apr. 2025
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Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 14 Apr. 2025
In egalitarian marriages, wives spend about 2.5 hours more per week on housework.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Apr. 2025
In addition to their own jobs, some victims were required to perform housework and yardwork, without compensation and without having their debt reduced.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 12 Apr. 2025
The aforementioned Pew Research Center study found wives consistently do more housework than husbands.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Apr. 2025
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“Housework.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housework. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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housework
noun
house·work
ˈhau̇-ˌswərk 
: the work of housekeeping
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