menial labor
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Penal colony is a term used to describe the most common type of prison in Russia, where inmates are housed in barracks and engage in menial labor for symbolic pay.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 18, 2022
In reality, it is a waystation for children to mature into adults whose options are more likely to be limited to menial labor or worse.
From Salon • Dec. 16, 2020
Many of their classmates are struggling, selling vegetables or doing menial labor.
From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2018
It depicts a future Los Angeles where replicants — bioengineered androids nearly indistinguishable from humans and tasked with menial labor on off-world colonies — are illegal on Earth.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2016
With Geak toddling after us, Chou and I and the other children work in the gardens and do menial labor in the village.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
