How to Use work on in a Sentence

work on

verb
  • The club did not work on any deal.
    — Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The club did not even work on any deal.
    — James McNicholas, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Take this time to work on yourself.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
  • Things to work on and good to get the first one out of the way.
    — CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The crew worked on it and did an amazing job.
    — Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Philbin had worked on my back, posture and knees for about a year.
    — Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
  • There's a lot that still needs to be worked on, a lot that still needs to be done.
    — Tamara Keith, NPR, 4 July 2026
  • From there, Lakewatch can work on it.
    — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2026
  • To all the people who worked on this album.
    — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • One source said the scribe had been working on the project since at least the fall.
    — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 21 Jan. 2026
  • This fella does all kinds of work on small engines.
    — Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 3 June 2026
  • Choose a long weekend and spend it working on a project.
    — Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
  • The second-year safety still has things to work on.
    — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2026
  • That group is working on the smart glasses as well.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Mirabal said the freshman still has much to work on.
    — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2026
  • That was what the skeleton crew had been working on for months.
    — Eric Boodman, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The agency is working on a fix.
    — Mel Fronczek, Dallas Morning News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Even works on paper saw fierce bidding.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 3 June 2026
  • Project managers help keep work on track, on time and on budget.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 19 June 2026
  • Those called out by Che are not the only scribes who worked on the roast.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 13 May 2026
  • And Spielberg already is at work on his next movie.
    — Peter Bart, Deadline, 18 June 2026
  • But Sheehy is perhaps best known for her work on stage.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 15 Apr. 2026
  • This is something Leung hopes to work on.
    — Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Hong is working on an indie film that is coming out soon.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 18 June 2026
  • Sokolowski worked on the first women’s team at Nike.
    — Hannarose McGuinness, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Meanwhile, Josh works on pulling out all the stops for dinner.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The Senate hasn’t worked on draft maps either.
    — Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2026
  • So having a whole offseason to work on it (helps).
    — Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Dvorak said the fan was breathing as paramedics were working on him.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2026
  • Pindrop is working on tools to do this, but wouldn’t share details yet.
    — Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 4 Mar. 2026

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