How to Use go about in a Sentence

go about

verb
  • There’s no one way to go about it.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026
  • How will Vonn go about rehab now?
    — Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2026
  • How will Davidson go about the draft?
    — Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026
  • There are two ways to go about it, Handy noted.
    — Sage Lazzaro, Fortune, 9 June 2026
  • Strangers on the street wearing blue and orange high-five and go about their day.
    — Kyle Wagner, New York Daily News, 3 June 2026
  • Since then Mayer has gone about doing just that.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 7 Mar. 2026
  • And frankly, admired how Craig went about doing it.
    — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Others might just go about their day and seem unbothered.
    — Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Around all of these quarterbacks, old and young, the Jets have gone about things the wrong way.
    — Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
  • The world goes about its business; sometimes, a few of us raise our heads to look out and see what’s going on.
    — Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 28 Jan. 2026
  • However, there are several (at least) ways to go about it.
    — Shep Hyken, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
  • That remembrance of that person also has to wake up, go about their day-to-day life and be okay.
    — Adelle Platon, VIBE.com, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Many in the community seemed to be scared to go about business as usual.
    — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 12 May 2026
  • Instead, my mom chose to wake up every day, put on a cute outfit, do her makeup and go about her life.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Each person wore a wrist device for seven days while going about normal life.
    — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 25 June 2026
  • But Maranello insisted on going about the idea in its own way.
    — Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 28 May 2026
  • The hens are right there, just inches away, going about their business while a cat brings new life into their space.
    — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 27 Apr. 2026
  • And no doubt the way Mahomes goes about this is its own special form of different.
    — Kansas City Star, 29 May 2026
  • The people in Hunt would have to wait for the river to come down before going about their day.
    — Karen Valby, Vanity Fair, 16 June 2026
  • The replacements went about their lives — kids, careers and vague senses of order.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Yet, how people go about looking for facts is largely subjective.
    — Jennifer Best, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • Some cafes closed their front doors as patrons inside went about smoking shisha or playing chess, dominos or cards.
    — ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • How would an engineer go about utilizing that in buildings?
    — Eliza Strickland, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2026
  • When temperatures reach their summer apex, many ask how a man can possibly go about his day in a suit.
    — Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 25 May 2026
  • Most folks went about their day going to school and work and then became stranded in the snow that came down at a rate of four inches per hour.
    — Terry Eliasen, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026
  • However, about half of the research suggests that honey bees don’t change the way native bees go about their day at all.
    — Andony Melathopoulos, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Everyone’s just quiet and goes about their business and is just so passionate.
    — Luke Smith, New York Times, 13 June 2026
  • Many travelers are wondering how to go about planning their summer trips.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Otherwise, just dump all of your ingredients into your slow cooker and go about your day.
    — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2026
  • And beyond that, how do football’s lawmakers go about defining what constitutes a foul at a set piece?
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 11 May 2026

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