How to Use work in in a Sentence

work in

verb
Definition of work innext
Synonyms for work innext
  • I think that we can work in one more interview in the afternoon lineup.
  • The treaty had been a work in progress for nearly 20 years.
    — Naomi Greenberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Dec. 2023
  • The Warriors have no idea how Paul is going to work in the offense.
    — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Tran, 27, worked in the social media unit for the NYPD’s press office.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 27 June 2024
  • Most of their mothers worked in bars catering to the soldiers.
    — Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Circumstances may force you to roll up your sleeves and deal with any work in front of you.
    — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 12 June 2024
  • The last few records, that’s always been in the back of my mind: Will this work in the country music universe?
    — From Wire Reports, Dallas News, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Next up were the physical tests to see how each bag works in action.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 28 July 2023
  • Timbaland always worked in the other room, in the back over there.
    — Paul Thompson, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2023
  • The video is laced with overlayed clips of Grande looking through photos and working in the studio on the project.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2024
  • But for most of the other large-scale works in the show, Burden couldn’t afford the high cost of crating and shipping.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2023
  • The Karu 12 has a small footprint that can work in a backyard, on a balcony, or even on a camping trip.
    — Melanie Fincher, Southern Living, 17 Nov. 2023
  • How about all the childless women who work in the medical field?
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Humphrey has worked in the auditor's office since 2010.
    — Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 23 Mar. 2024
  • MacLachlan is known for his work in genre television and film.
    — EW.com, 13 June 2024
  • Stern, who works in Upstate New York, depicts cracks, paths and openings.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
  • People need to know their leaders care about them and will work in their best interest.
    — Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024
  • So the two of them are working in tandem tonight to make sure that everything is highlighted the way that it’s meant to be.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2024
  • So the people working in the departments must not have real Ph.Ds.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2024
  • There, the scientist and inventor is at work in a greenhouse, eyes fixed on the spindly plant before him.
    — Angelica Aboulhosn, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Games designed for iPhones and iPads work in the same way as apps, so this is also a good way of enjoying some leisure time on your Mac.
    — David Nield, Popular Science, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Right now, the best negotiators of the Senate have been working in good faith on that issue for months.
    — TIME, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Rarely content to work in one genre, the group dabbles here in the country rock stylings of the Byrds in tandem with tinges of ’70s British pub rockers such as Nick Lowe.
    — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 22 Mar. 2023
  • At the heart of the dispute is a highly technical question about how bump stocks work in practice.
    — Nina Totenberg, NPR, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The team also plans to explore how these mechanisms work in living things—even in plants.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The big question that remains is how all of these AI agents will work in reality.
    — Tom Warren, The Verge, 21 May 2024
  • Starting from the outside and working in, place tuna slices in a circle like a pizza.
    — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Even within the same government, the left and right hands are often not working in synchrony.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Fine, who used to work in visual effects, acknowledged that a version of this could have been achieved through analog work performed by humans.
    — Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 2 Aug. 2024
  • One of the two people who had antibodies worked in the farm’s cafeteria adjacent to the milking parlor — alongside farmworkers but not cattle.
    — Amy Maxmen, CNN, 2 Aug. 2024

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