menial
Example Sentences
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In the mid-2000s, Graham Walker and his brother began running Fibrebond, after doing menial jobs and later taking on more senior roles at the company.
Guguyev said that the FSB called returned soldiers “lost trust” and that prisoners sent back to the front lines were given menial tasks that didn’t involve firearms, as they were no longer trusted.
Venezuelans, many working here in menial jobs despite their education, could return to their cities of birth and rebuild their lives.
Luke has been waiting 65 years, doing menial work as a bartender in the Junction, hoping to be reunited with his love.
From Salon
They also did other dirty, dangerous, or menial jobs.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
