The word "workings" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to the inner operation, processes, or mechanisms of something, or the practical application of a theory or system. For example, "The internal workings of the engine are quite complex."
The unfinished look, with exposed services and dangling wires, is deployed not to reveal the building's workings, but as a metaphor for the work still left to do on the journey to global domination.
The recovered "hidden history" of the minutes and deliberations of the UN war crimes commission (UNWCC) reveal the inner workings of a largely forgotten international criminal justice initiative in which 16 states worked together in London on the investigation of more than 36,000 international criminal cases.
The fossil fuel industry continues to utilise the revolving lobby door where high ranking government officials and politicians step out from years navigating the inner workings of government to land jobs as advocates and lobbyists.
The case is proving to be an unwelcome spotlight on the workings of a Wall Street bank that prefers to keep a low profile.
We weren't particularly close but I remember being impressed by her dedication and intimate knowledge of the workings of the apartheid state.
He saw himself as a photojournalist, turning his camera on the directors and the very workings of the films.
If the next five weeks do not find a resolution to the problems that have paralysed the workings of the Agreement, the two governments have two options.
Once in the group, it was Mayberry who took charge of their cynical stance, giving the rest of the band a reading list on the workings of the music industry.
Anyone looking for a neat illustration of the cyclical workings of a successful British fashion brand needed only look to the front row at Luella Bartley's show today.
The centre of Berlin prominently features the Jewish museum, the Topography of Terror (devoted to exploring the workings of the Gestapo), and the Holocaust memorial.
The Lib Dems, with the support of the police, have argued that there would be wide support across Europe to reform the workings of the arrest warrant.
