thankless

Example Sentences

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The only question is: Who in the world would want the thankless job?

From Salon • Dec. 14, 2025

Being an executor is often a lonely, time-consuming and thankless task.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 18, 2025

Neither of ABT’s two hardworking casts, with leading couples framed by male and female ensembles, made their dramatically opaque and intermittently acrobatic work look more than thankless.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025

Speaking after the resignation of Angela Rayner, the former Derby South MP said: "It's a lot of time, it's a lot of work, it's a lot of responsibility, and it's thankless."

From BBC • Sep. 10, 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