set task
Example Sentences
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Use a timer to set task deadline alarms.
From Inc • Mar. 8, 2013
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.
After several seasons spent in doing the same process thousands of times, her desire for new work becomes deadened, and she is afraid to attempt anything different from her one set task.
From The Making of a Trade School by Woolman, Mary Schenck
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
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
