grunt work

Example Sentences

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He said “I was doing all the grunt work that GAs do. But in addition to that, I ran my own room. I ran meetings. I recruited an area in Minnesota. So it was huge. It was a big-time crash course in being a college football coach.”

From Seattle Times

There they carry out pointless grunt work while enduring Lamb’s constant, finely wrought insults.

From New York Times

They are supportive, good-natured and wise, pumping her up — and doing a lot of her work for her, including the grunt work of research for her own article.

From Salon

While other baseball teams were making high-profile free agent signings before the game closed up shop due to the owner’s lockout in their labor dispute — Max Scherzer to the New York Mets was particularly painful — the Washington Nationals were doing their grunt work, signing a one-year deal with infielder Cesar Hernandez and bringing back infielder Alcides Escobar on a one-year deal.

From Washington Times

“In traveling around the country, John had a great connection with city folk, rural folk, with farmers, with people out there doing the grunt work. He just had this great way of connecting to people and appealing to people.”

From Los Angeles Times