housework

Example Sentences

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Many of you are doing it responsibly, too: The overwhelming majority are taking care of housework or laundry, while running errands was the second-most common piece of personal business being done during professional time.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 30, 2026

In terms of time spent doing housework, however, Japanese men rank the lowest among highly-developed countries.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026

By 2011 that figure nearly tripled, to 7.3 hours, while their housework roughly doubled.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026

Her sister-in-law, Millicent Sedra, also spoke and scolded women who expect husbands to share housework.

From Salon • Jun. 12, 2026

In addition to fieldwork, girls also helped the farmers’ wives with housework and tended babies and young children.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti