She spent the evening studying old grimoires to perfect her spell-work.

Making decisions based on guess-work instead of careful analysis often backfires.

The try-work on the whaling ship hissed as the crew boiled down the blubber.

The crew inspected the try work before the long voyage to ensure it could render blubber into oil.

They were sent to the old work house on the edge of town during the winter.

The museum's exhibit featured centuries-old basket-work from coastal villages.

The artisan displayed his basket work at the village fair.

My course work this semester includes a research paper and weekly lab reports.

The detective's success relied as much on thorough leg-work as on intuition.

The reporter thanked her intern for doing the leg work that led to the exposé.