housework

noun

house·work ˈhau̇s-ˌwərk

: the work of housekeeping

Examples of housework in a Sentence

I got up early and did some housework.

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Sheila didn’t understand why her mother was doing housework for Gerry and his mom. —

Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024 The film follows a struggling father Nick (Michele Morrone) who buys a lifelike artificially intelligent sim named Alice (Megan Fox) to help with housework while his wife Maggie (Madeline Zima) remains in the hospital awaiting a heart transplant. —

Jordana Comiter, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024 Will's mother, Vy, and aunt, Vivian, ended up fighting over his mother's comments about them being too easy on Will with housework, turning it all over to butler Geoffrey. —

Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 26 Nov. 2024 Working women are increasingly juggling the responsibilities of being both the family breadwinner and shouldering a majority of the housework. —

Jane Thier, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for housework