set task
Example Sentences
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Use a timer to set task deadline alarms.
From Inc • Mar. 8, 2013
He dipped his face and hands in cooling water and, at the table, with squared elbows, addressed himself to a set task.
From The Happy End by Hergesheimer, Joseph
At this set task in letter-writing, the cow-puncher had greatly excelled the schoolmarm!
From The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains by Wister, Owen
The other performs his set task, but at the same time he is examining into the principles of his engine, or into the conduct of the factory or business.
From The Warriors by Lindsay, Anna Robertson Brown
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
