How to Use job in a Sentence

job

noun
  • He took a job as a waiter.
  • They offered him the job but he turned it down.
  • It's a dirty job, but someone has to do it.
  • The blood's job is to carry oxygen to the different parts of the body.
  • Construction of the bridge turned out to be a bigger job than they had expected.
  • The new factory will create thousands of jobs.
  • She's trying to get a job in New York.
  • She has a high-paying job on Wall Street.
  • Now good luck in your job search, because chances are you’ll need it.
    — Yasmin Vossoughian, NBC news, 30 July 2026
  • Those findings may sound like proof the job wrecks your hormones.
    — Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
  • Still there are times when the job is too much, when death barrels past her boundaries.
    — Michael Collins, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
  • For many in the voice business, there are signs of an implosion in jobs.
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
  • And one sibling managed to fire the five others from jobs with the team.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
  • But that doesn’t stop her from sticking to a schedule and tackling the job one zone at a time.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Tatiana worked there first and helped her boyfriend secure a job there, too, her uncle said.
    — Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 9 July 2026
  • And what that means is, there's not a lot of people leaving jobs, there's not a lot of hiring.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 30 July 2026
  • The court dismissed the case against her manager, who also lost his job.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The Rams have done a great job of managing him and keeping him out of harm’s way.
    — Jess Bryant, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Retirement plan take-up isn’t an exact proxy for new job creation, of course.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
  • That’s why sometimes stocks sell off after a blockbuster jobs report.
    — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The crew of the Lincoln will do its job, and do it well, and not complain in public.
    — Monica Duffy Toft, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026
  • My job was to tell this story in an honest and entertaining way.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026
  • There’s the mother of two who needs a full-time job to keep up with the bills, but can’t afford full-time childcare.
    — Moriah Balingit, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The job market is tough for those looking for their first job and for those who lost their jobs and are looking for new work.
    — Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
  • That figure would mark an uptick from 57,000 jobs added in June.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Khosla has predicted a world in which today’s 5-year-olds won’t ever need jobs.
    — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • John Brands, 49 at the time, quit his job as a civil engineer.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 28 June 2026
  • That means some Chinese workers are being displaced from their jobs.
    — Jennifer Pak, NPR, 13 Aug. 2026
  • While electric razors can get the job done quickly, for many, nothing beats a proper shave with a blade.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
  • While the headlines argue over which jobs AI will erase next, somebody still has to fix the house.
    — Sergei Kaminskiy, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

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