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How to use job in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Job means a task. Example: “I've got a job for you: could you wash the dishes?”

Examples of job by meaning

nounA task.

  • I've got a job for you: could you wash the dishes?
  • I didn't speak to many coworkers for the first year on the job.
  • And it's my job to take care of the skanks on the road that you bang.1996, Cameron Crowe, Jerry Maguire

nounAn economic role for which a person is paid.

  • That surgeon has a great job.
  • He's been out of a job since being made redundant in January.
  • Businesspeople have every right to lobby governments, and civil servants to take jobs in the private sector.2013 August 10, Schumpeter, “Cronies and capitols”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848

nounPlastic surgery.

  • He had a nose job.

nounA sex act.

  • Honey, they don't call it a job for nothing.2000 August 6, “Easy Come, Easy Go”, in Sex and the City, season 3, episode 9, spoken by Samantha

nounA robbery or heist.

  • a bank job

nounA thing or whatsit (often used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall).

  • Pass me that little job with the screw thread on it.

nounThe police as a profession, act of policing, or an individual police officer.

  • “He was ex-job, Beavis.2018 February 11, Colin Dexter, Russell Lewis, 14:17 from the start, in Endeavour(Cartouche), season 5, episode 2 (TV series), spoken by DS...
  • “I’m job, DS Townsend.2022 February 9, Daragh Carville, Richard Clark, Furquan Akhtar, 01:33 from the start, in The Bay, season 3, episode 5, spoken by DS Jenn...

verbTo subcontract a project or delivery in small portions to a number of contractors.

  • We wanted to sell a turnkey plant, but they jobbed out the contract to small firms.

More sentences with job

  • The shop wasn't giving me enough hours so I started searching for a second job.From the entry hour
  • Sorry to spring it on you like this but I've been offered another job.From the entry spring
  • His job is second priority, because his family is the most important thing in his life.From the entry second
  • Until then his life had consisted of low-paying jobs, numerous unemployments, and drug use.From the entry unemployment
  • I'm currently living with my parents while I find a new job.From the entry currently
  • He wants half of the take if he helps with the job.From the entry take
  • To get a job in today's economy, it is important to have a strong network.From the entry network
  • Many people find it worthwhile to network for jobs and information.From the entry network
  • She quickly acclimatized to her new job in a foreign country.From the entry acclimatize
  • It was felt that I'd be the right man for the job.From the entry it
  • For this job it's best to use wood with a close grain.From the entry close
  • Keyboarding is the part of this job I hate the most.From the entry keyboard
  • At your age, your mom and I'd already found a job.From the entry age
  • His circus job was the pits, but at least he was in show business.From the entry pit
  • Michelle left behind her bank job and became a sister at the local convent.From the entry sister
  • In my latest job, I've learnt to keep my mouth shut more than in the last one.From the entry learn
  • He is quite bad off now that both his parents lost their jobs.From the entry bad
  • We had to put in a lot of hard graft to get the job done.From the entry graft
  • His sales experience translated well into his new job as a fund-raiser.From the entry translate
  • I love almost everything about my job. The only down is that I can't take Saturdays off.From the entry down
  • The queue fires a job whenever the thread pool is ready to handle it.From the entry fire
  • I've had to forgo my student discount in exchange for taking the job.From the entry forgo
  • After my graduation, I took a year out to travel, then went into an office job.From the entry graduation
  • After having to work overtime without being paid, I quit my job.From the entry quit
  • Exposure to cutting-edge technologies is one of the benefits of the job.From the entry benefit
  • He's between jobs right now. The shuttle runs between the town and the airport.From the entry between
  • I really can’t stomach jobs involving that much paperwork, but some people seem to tolerate them.From the entry stomach

Meaning of job

  1. noun A task.
  2. noun An economic role for which a person is paid.
  3. noun Plastic surgery.

Full definition of job

Questions about job in a sentence

How do you use job in a sentence?
Job is used as a noun and verb. For example: “I've got a job for you: could you wash the dishes?”
What is a short sentence with job?
“a bank job”
What does job mean?
Job means a task.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: job (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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