How to Use chore in a Sentence

chore

noun
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  • That movie is a chore to sit through.
  • I liked the simple chore of bringing in the firewood.
  • Doing taxes can be a real chore.
  • The children were each assigned different household chores.
  • Vacuuming doesn't have to feel like a chore — or a pain in the back.
    — Sanah Faroke, PEOPLE.com, 5 Feb. 2022
  • One factor in what makes the chore dangerous for at-risk groups is the weather.
    — Jay Cannon, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2022
  • Try one or all of these five ways to turn your chore into a quick yet efficient workout.
    — Stephanie Mansour, CNN, 27 Dec. 2021
  • Get more juice from ignoring your chore list than completing it?
    — Self Staffers, SELF, 10 Feb. 2022
  • This makes the whole chore a swift proposition: throw kitchen scraps into a green bin with yard clippings and let the city do the rest.
    — Danielle Bernabe, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2022
  • It’s not too hard a chore — a normal classical computer could brute-force its way through dead ends and lucky guesses.
    — Quanta Magazine, 4 Feb. 2022
  • As the telescope ticked off one chore after another, the astronomers who had been waiting 25 years began to relax.
    — The New York Times, Arkansas Online, 9 Jan. 2022
  • Along with sledding and snowmen, snowy weather also brings additional household chores.
    — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Oct. 2024
  • With the new rules and procedures, tasks that used to be routine have become a big chore, customers can be very hard to deal with, and everybody is getting frazzled.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2021
  • For many Americans just finding any kind of at home test has been something between a chore or nearly impossible in recent weeks.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2022
  • Breaking Vancouver’s neutral zone pressure proved a chore, even thought the Hawks placed an emphasis in practice on their forecheck.
    — Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com, 1 Feb. 2022
  • If your child forgets to do their chores or has to stay up late to get homework done, look at the situation as an opportunity to problem-solve together.
    — Amy Morin, Parents, 24 Oct. 2024
  • At times this season, quality offense has been a chore, especially without Garland.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 10 Feb. 2022
  • While parenting in itself cannot be considered to be a chore, kids' chores also become the responsibility of parents.
    — Naveen Joshi, Forbes, 30 Jan. 2022
  • Discovering efficacious beauty products can feel like a chore, but that’s what makes the best beauty subscription boxes that much more special.
    — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 7 Jan. 2022
  • The future of household chore management via IoT promises to resolve the problems of distraction and improper work-life balance.
    — Naveen Joshi, Forbes, 30 Jan. 2022
  • Okay, more chores around the house need to be done by you.
    — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2023
  • Keep in Mind The tall, flat edges make pouring a bit of a chore.
    — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 July 2023
  • And, editing them in Google’s ChromeOS shouldn’t have to be a chore.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 28 July 2022
  • Here are nine chores that should be on your to-do list this month.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2023
  • What's your least favorite chore to do around the house?
    — Women's Health, 5 May 2023
  • Get all chores done before 8 a.m. Close all shades and drapes at 10 a.m. Walk in the woods in the shade.
    — Tara McCarty, Washington Post, 27 July 2024
  • But for many of us, spring cleaning is the most dreaded chore of the year.
    — Alexandra Frost, Popular Science, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Even now as adults, the process may be a chore to do each morning.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Now, the 35-year-old farmer quickly goes out to do his chores — with a gun in tow.
    — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2023
  • That, or play cards with that week's chore list on the line. Build a campfire.
    — Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 29 Nov. 2022

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