housework

Example Sentences

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“Beef” links the potential liabilities women face by locking into long-term relationships to the realities of the capitalist trap, which draws women into not only unpaid housework but uncompensated emotional labor, too.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026

About half of caregivers regularly assisted a parent with errands, housework and home repairs.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 26, 2026

These tools also allow women tasked with gestating children, caring for infants, and doing housework to not be completely consumed by it.

From Slate • Jan. 20, 2026

Woody worked full time while going to school, quit watching TV and handed off housework to family members while she attended in-person classes at night and on Saturday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025

In the beginning my sisters bustled indoors, playing the role of mother’s helper with more enthusiasm than they’d ever shown for housework in all their born days.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver