housework

Example Sentences

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"Who else will give you 250 rupees an hour just for doing housework?" said Sriramyachandra from her kitchen in Chennai in southern India's Tamil Nadu state.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

That would require men to embrace feminist behaviors like treating women as equals and doing their fair share of housework.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026

So it shouldn’t be surprising that women have played a central role in inventing products that reduced the physical toil of daily housework.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

In recent years, North Korean TV shows have featured men wearing aprons and doing housework - a sign of how much has changed there.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

There was very little for a young girl to do in Ayemenem other than to wait for marriage proposals while she helped her mother with the housework.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy