taskmaster

Example Sentences

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An AI-generated image soon circulated of Underwood’s familiar scowl—only this time, he was wearing an orange tracksuit in front of an Soviet-style apartment complex looking every bit an Eastern bloc taskmaster.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

At the FBI, he gained a reputation of being an exacting taskmaster and, despite his early Republican political alignment, someone who was appreciated by politicians of both political parties.

From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026

She later remembered that Cleese was a hard taskmaster.

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2025

Wife Sharon played the taskmaster, keeping everything in line.

From Salon • Jul. 24, 2025

It was during this period that Ernest acquired the reputation of a relentless taskmaster in command of a growing brigade; the recurring term in personal reminiscences of the Rad Lab is “slave driver.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik