How to Use work to in a Sentence

work to

verb
  • Is there still work to be done?
    — The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 4 May 2026
  • Still, there is work to be done.
    — Katie Woo, New York Times, 18 May 2026
  • That would be nice, but there’s still work to be done.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Three lanes were closed as crews worked to clear the scene.
    — Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 23 May 2026
  • But all that is still there, and there's work to be done.
    — CBS News, 10 May 2026
  • So there is always work to be done.
    — Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 24 May 2026
  • How does buy now pay later work to pay rent?
    — Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 3 May 2026
  • This is tremendous progress, but there is so much more work to be done.
    — Silvana Tabares, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026
  • For now, Houston still has a lot of work to do.
    — Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • And yet there’s way more human work to do than ever.
    — Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
  • There remains plenty of work to be done.
    — Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 25 May 2026
  • Now some are working to change New York’s law.
    — Mike Stobbe, Fortune, 24 May 2026
  • Now some are working to change New York's law.
    — ABC News, 24 May 2026
  • Crews worked to put out the fire over the course of two hours, but the house was a total loss.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • If the game ends in a draw, both sides will have some work to do in the final group stage game.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2026
  • The costuming often took a lot of work to get it just right.
    — Tracy Smith, CBS News, 31 May 2026
  • Reviewers rave, saying these shoes take you from work to date night.
    — Amanda Eyre Ward, Travel + Leisure, 8 June 2026
  • Officials urged drivers to move over or slow down as crews worked to clear the scene.
    — Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
  • The team is still working to determine next steps and has not ruled out surgery.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2026
  • Valera said committee members have a lot on their plates, from work to child care needs.
    — Mariana Navarrete Villegas, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2026
  • All of us are in danger of losing our work to AI.
    — Mark Phillips, CBS News, 3 May 2026
  • There was more work to be done—there always is—but for now, this was a moment to rejoice.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 8 June 2026
  • The change worked to West Ham’s benefit.
    — Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 11 May 2026
  • Fire marshals are still working to determine the cause of the fire.
    — Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The front office worked to sign the undrafted rookie class.
    — Zach Berman, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Angcao shared through tears that her parents had worked to send her and another sibling to school.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 24 May 2026
  • Police, too, have worked to learn about these takeovers ahead of time and prepare a mass response to keep the peace.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 9 May 2026
  • Crews are working to restore power.
    — Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Over the last few months, the pair have worked to get Olga’s case in front of the president.
    — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 10 May 2026
  • Sellers still has work to do as a decision-maker from the pocket.
    — Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026

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