How to Use workload in a Sentence

workload

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  • Students complained about the heavy workload.
  • All 435 members of the House have staffs of more than a dozen aides to help with a ceaseless workload.
    — Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 17 July 2023
  • Tatum is fourth in the NBA in minutes played and the Celtics need to take a long-term approach on his workload.
    — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Nov. 2022
  • Focus on the facts of your workload and not the feelings of the other party.
    — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 1 Sep. 2022
  • His legs, though, felt fine despite the heavy workload.
    — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The Colts have to pay close attention to the weight of the workload Taylor is asked to carry.
    — Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Jan. 2022
  • With that heavy workload and the second game of a back-to-back, Rondo didn’t play against the Sixers.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 12 Feb. 2022
  • The couple is now getting a head start on next year’s toy workload.
    — Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2021
  • The Sox have been conscious of Kopech’s workload all season.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2022
  • The ripples of Bradley’s workload will increase as the season drags on.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2022
  • Even so, the Phillies have paths to padding Luzardo’s workload.
    — Matt Gelb, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Mixon figures to see his usual heavy workload against the Chiefs.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 17 Jan. 2025
  • At the same time, the agency has faced a surging workload amid high levels of migration to the U.S.
    — Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2024
  • The time constraint means Alzolay will pitch out of the bullpen rather than try to build him up for a starter’s workload.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 17 Sep. 2022
  • Grimes and Aranda clearly trust Reese to make plays and be able to handle a tough workload.
    — Dallas News, 12 Feb. 2023
  • At a half workload, he is projected for a 40% top-24 rate.
    — Brandon Gdula, ajc, 19 Oct. 2022
  • It was salvaged by a two-games-per-week workload that is now routine.
    — Graham Dunbar, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2022
  • The message from Moren has long been the same: to build up a bench — depth behind a starting lineup that takes such a bulk of the workload.
    — Matt Cohen, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Jan. 2022
  • That you have been forced to assume the workload of two employees and be paid less than the one who has left is unfair.
    — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 24 June 2024
  • Here are some tips: Ease into your break: Reduce your workload and stress in the days leading up to time off.
    — Caitlin Pagán, Verywell Health, 28 Dec. 2024
  • Richardson stepped in and dominated the workload out of the backfield.
    — Michael Haag, Dallas News, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The workload is light; LIV events are fifty-four holes, played over three days, rather than seventy-two, played over four.
    — David Owen, The New Yorker, 15 June 2022
  • But Ionescu, who has gotten no more than six minutes of rest in the last six games, said the workload isn’t a concern.
    — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 22 June 2024
  • The workload was so heavy on a recent day that Ms. Saranathan was only able to pause briefly for lunch 10 hours into her 12-hour shift.
    — Melanie Evans, WSJ, 23 Jan. 2022
  • No doubt the return of Connaughton will help in that area, but also in terms of evening out the minutes workload for others.
    — Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 22 Nov. 2022
  • What are your thoughts with Jalen Brunson leaving as far as what that’s going to do for your workload?
    — Dallas News, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Atencio said he was given a heavy workload and forced to work without breaks.
    — Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2023
  • That means backlogged orders have been shipped, and the company (and its peers) no longer need as much staff to handle the workload.
    — David Goldman, CNN, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The conceit is that given executives’ workload, time is precious and needs to be parsed out accordingly.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Exhaustion and overwhelming workloads are the top causes.
    — Lisa Bodell, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025

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