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
  • Unique for many workaholics, is an inner drive to work hard.
    Lieke Ten Brummelhuis, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
  • 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 | Mmatthews@al.com, 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
  • Pacino, by his own admission, is an obsessive workaholic, a habit that hasn’t done him many favors away from the screen and stage.
    Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024

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