at work

How to use at work in a sentence

Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.

With him one is at high pressure all the time, and I have gained a good many more ideas from him than I can work up in a hurry.

In fact, except for Ramona's help, it would have been a question whether even Alessandro could have made Baba work in harness.

RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSON

The sad end of the mission to King M'Bongo has been narrated in the body of this work.

Entrez donc, 'tis the work of one of your compatriots; and here, though a heretic, you may consider yourself on English ground.

Hence arise factions, dissensions, and loss to their religious interests and work; and these intruders seek to rule the others.

The fire had been heaped over with earth—to screen it from prying eyes, I suppose, while the good work went on.

RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR

How is it that one instant of time should work those effects in the human mind which are so lasting in their results!

She did her work at a most interesting period in Dutch painting.

In this little room the galleries had been designed; the windows had looked upon the commencement of the great work.

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985