How to Use workaholic in a Sentence
workaholic
noun- My brother is a real workaholic who almost never takes time off.
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Rick did say that workaholics would be spared.
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Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
18 Jan. 2026
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Or must both the workaholic and the gamer unite for dish duty?
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Alex Beggs,
Bon Appétit,
7 Sep. 2020
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His wife described him as a workaholic who loved to stay busy.
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Elizabeth Hernandez,
The Denver Post,
27 Jan. 2025
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But the world-class workaholic has, of course, taken it back.
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Maureen Dowd,
New York Times,
7 Sep. 2022
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Being a workaholic does not just mean working a lot of hours.
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Jody Michael,
Forbes,
10 Dec. 2024
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After all, your inner workaholic may try and take over.
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Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
22 Sep. 2025
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Smith clearly is a workaholic, and to be honest, that’s a great thing.
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Chuck Yarborough,
cleveland,
16 Dec. 2019
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Others long for a partner who is less of a workaholic or who cares more about their work.
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Maggie Jones Gabra Zackman Krish Seenivasan Ted Blaisdell,
New York Times,
15 Apr. 2024
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My dad was and is a workaholic, so the care of my younger sister and the household all fell on me.
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Carolyn Hax,
Washington Post,
4 Mar. 2024
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The trick is to avoid becoming either a workaholic or a layabout.
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Arthur C. Brooks,
The Atlantic,
4 Aug. 2022
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Spielberg has described his dad as a workaholic who would often come home late.
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Brendan Morrow,
The Week,
23 Nov. 2022
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Deference is something the workaholic has grown used to and fond of.
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Jason Horowitz,
Vogue,
31 Mar. 2021
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Not all workaholics are created equal.
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Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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My grandfather was an artist, after all—and a workaholic.
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Daisy Rockwell,
Vogue,
27 Nov. 2025
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Something of a workaholic, Berkow has written a couple of dozen books.
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Rick Kogan,
chicagotribune.com,
22 Sep. 2020
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Lunch was wheeled into the classroom on a metal cart, and the kids ate at their desks, like little workaholics.
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Peter Hessler,
The New Yorker,
26 June 2023
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That is, until her own hearing drops out of sync, forcing the workaholic to take time off and reevaluate much of her life.
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Jamie Lang,
Variety,
7 Sep. 2021
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Very systematic, a hard-working — call it a workaholic.
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Veronica Fulton,
NBC news,
25 Sep. 2025
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From working with the pope on projects, Ivereigh knows the Holy Father is a workaholic.
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Lauren Green,
Fox News,
2 Mar. 2025
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Deborah is a workaholic on the verge of bitter, someone who grew tired of being cut and so became a knife.
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J Wortham,
New York Times,
12 May 2024
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The ending is like a monstrous distortion of the workaholic’s nightmare.
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A.a. Dowd,
Vulture,
10 Mar. 2024
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Steve probably has parents and maybe siblings, but this workaholic seems to be all about his business and nothing else.
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Lindsay Denninger,
refinery29.com,
11 Apr. 2020
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Love of arts and outer space Daryle sometimes struggled with being a workaholic and being at home.
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Charlotte Observer,
17 Apr. 2026
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But not everyone believes the future belongs to the workaholics.
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Preston Fore,
Fortune,
9 Dec. 2025
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Most people who reach the level of Power 5 head coach are workaholics who think about little else than the task at hand.
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Andy Staples,
SI.com,
30 Aug. 2017
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How could Tan, who is stocky and often sports a rakish grin that belies the workaholic beneath, make such a blunder?
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Bloomberg,
latimes.com,
15 Mar. 2018
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After all, what else is there to say about a 92-year-old workaholic who claims that his inspiration comes to him from the sky?
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David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
1 Nov. 2024
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To the outside observer, Jack Antonoff might seem like something of a workaholic.
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New York Times,
22 July 2021
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Prince Charles has been called a workaholic by his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.
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Simon Perry,
PEOPLE.com,
30 June 2022
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