thankless

Example Sentences

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These are time-consuming and often thankless jobs for a friend.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 2026

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

It’s grueling and thankless work, but it feeds her impoverished family.

From Salon • Jun. 28, 2025

As we watched the German detectives packing away it felt like the spring of hope of a resolution that had bubbled up in June 2020 was evaporating in the thankless heat.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2025

We chatted about the difficult and maybe thankless job Karzai had in front of him, about the upcoming Loyajirga, and the king’s imminent return to his homeland after twenty-eight years of exile.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini