piece of work
Example Sentences
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“For me that was a profound affirmation for a piece of work that could easily have been very harshly and very negatively judged.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026
“When an actor does a piece of work and it really touches people and has an impact like it did with Delta Slim and ‘Sinners,’ you can’t help but think how it might be broadened.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026
What a piece of work is man, the paragon of animals, whose triumphs include mobile-phone shopping and same-day delivery.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025
They looked at 900 examples of tasks given to AI, ranging from analysing data for new insights to checking whether a piece of work satisfies particular rules.
From BBC • Dec. 19, 2025
That from a third man, drawn by their voices—a skinny stubble-jawed piece of work with teeth stained red from sourleaf.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
