at work

1. Engaged in a job or other activity, as in The contractor is hard at work on the new building , or The little boy was fascinated to see the washing machine at work . [Early 1600s]

2. At one's office or other place of business, as in Is it all right if I telephone you at work ? [Late 1800s]

Example Sentences

As a journalist, she writes about science, literature, social movements and health, and is at work on her third book.

From Salon

Arroyo recalled the challenges of maintaining the agency’s core functions during the last federal shutdown six years ago, when she was the only one of about 160 people on her team who remained at work.

From Los Angeles Times

As with adults at work, AI has opened up strategies for students that save time and improve accuracy — which could include cheating.

From Los Angeles Times

Can you explain some of the dynamics at work there?

From Salon

"One of my friends got an opportunity to do a legal internship through this paralegal event that I wasn't able to go to because I was at work," she says.

From BBC

Related Words

• absorbed 
• committed 
• employed 
• engrossed 
• interested 
• involved 
• occupied 
• preoccupied 
• working