set task

Example Sentences

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Use a timer to set task deadline alarms.

From Inc • Mar. 8, 2013

Its maker was no youthful pupil, stumbling at his set task.

From One Woman's Life by Herrick, Robert

At one stage it may mean the satisfaction of accomplishing a set task, whether selected by himself or imposed by some one else.

From Your Child: Today and Tomorrow by Gruenberg, Sidonie Matzner

He to be confined to the house every morning like a schoolboy, with a set task to do.

From Dorrien of Cranston by Mitford, Bertram

But--but--she must not be asked yet to give herself to any great mission--any set task of charity or philanthropy.

From The Testing of Diana Mallory by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.