Sestak is known as a taskmaster with one of the worst staff turnover rates in DC. From Wordnik.com. [www.philadelphiaweekly.com Philadelphia Weekly] Reference
Ruth Sheen was relieved to complete filming on 'taskmaster' Mike Leigh's latest film. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
He was merely a severe father and hard taskmaster. From Wordnik.com. [English Literature for Boys and Girls] Reference
Circumstance had been to them a relentless taskmaster. From Wordnik.com. [The Daughters of Danaus] Reference
"He's old school, a taskmaster who demands perfection.". From Wordnik.com. [Stuck In Low Gear] Reference
"He's a tireless taskmaster," says trumpeter Mark Gould. From Wordnik.com. [The Making Of An Ensemble] Reference
MALVEAUX: Friends have told me that you're the taskmaster. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 2, 2009] Reference
But at that moment the taskmaster rode into the open space. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
"Then thou art Horemheb, the new taskmaster over Pa-Ramesu?". From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
Warner had acted the tyrant and hard taskmaster for the youth. From Wordnik.com. [Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane] Reference
Committee confined their interrogations to his last taskmaster. From Wordnik.com. [The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author.] Reference
Even the eyes of the taskmaster were intolerable, in her shame. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
"Atsu, once her taskmaster, always her --" the voice died away. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
The taskmaster made an angry gesture, and Hotep interrupted again. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
"Hath the taskmaster set him to making brick?" the prince laughed. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
"By Horus, friend, thou lookest ill-used," the taskmaster exclaimed. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
"Yesterday morning he sent three men to me," the taskmaster continued. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
He who could have been her lover had been only her guardian, her taskmaster. From Wordnik.com. [The Hippodrome] Reference
His reputation is that of a tough taskmaster who can outrun troops half his age. From Wordnik.com. [A Tough Man For A Delicate Mission] Reference
Ranas stood speechless for an instant, and then he rushed up to the new taskmaster. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
"Greeting," the taskmaster replied, after he had inspected the white-browed servant. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
Poor Mrs. Day was compelled therefore to receive her taskmaster and benefactor alone. From Wordnik.com. [Mrs. Day's Daughters] Reference
Here they met a man, whom, by his superior dress, Kenkenes took to be the taskmaster. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
"I have received naught which was not intended for me," the taskmaster replied warmly. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
"Chris was a real taskmaster about justifying everything in the real world," says Goyer. From Wordnik.com. [EARNING HIS WINGS] Reference
No man can do his work if he is not interested in it; he will hate it as his taskmaster. From Wordnik.com. [Authors of Greece] Reference
It wasn't easy, though; and Bob Donkin wasn't an easy-going taskmaster, not by long odds. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
The taskmaster leaped down the ledge and, turning, put up his arms and lifted Rachel down. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
The one which I should have brought to thine august master, hath gone to the taskmaster over. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
The General and I feel like children just released from school or from a hard taskmaster. From Wordnik.com. [George Washington: Farmer] Reference
The relationship has been a sacred trust: a partner, godparent and taskmaster all wrapped into one. From Wordnik.com. ['Every Day Is A Fight'] Reference
Senator Gore was by his own admission a taskmaster -- part parent and part Marine drill instructor. From Wordnik.com. [The Education Of Al Gore] Reference
War is a stern taskmaster, demanding long years of preparation and combination of effort for one end. From Wordnik.com. [Against Home Rule (1912) The Case for the Union] Reference
More likely my inexorable taskmaster, with figures in his eye and compound fractions at his tongue's end. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 6, December 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
An extraordinary journalist, he was a taskmaster and a perfectionist, ushering in an era of the superstar anchors. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 7, 2005] Reference
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