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

“I’m surprised by that amount of money, and it just goes to show that even though teaching is a thankless job, the students are craving and grateful for a role model.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 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

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