thankless task
Example Sentences
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It’s the kind of thankless task many professors would flee from, but Boyagoda relished the prospect and thinks the group, which is ongoing, made progress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Getting kids to drink water can be a thankless task - they would often rather do anything else.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
Being an executor is often a lonely, time-consuming and thankless task.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 18, 2025
“We recognize that this charge is compounded by technological developments such as social media, which transcend the geographic boundaries of the school. It is a thankless task for which we are all indebted.”
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2025
Instead, Nana had endured the shame of bearing a harami, had shaped her life around the thankless task of raising Mariam and, in her own way, of loving her.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
