Grading papers is a thankless task. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Not only didn't he mind being given a job often described as thankless, but in real life David. From Wordnik.com. [latimes.com - News] Reference
The jobs, and many others that could be called thankless, fall to inmates at the Wicomico County Detention Center. From Wordnik.com. Reference
GOLDMAN: The BCS hired Hancock in 2005, partly because he had the right temperament for what one BCS official calls a thankless job. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
KOINANGE (voice-over): Ten years of glitz and glamour, honoring the men and women who serve in what many here call a thankless profession. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 16, 2005] Reference
I almost said "thankless", but that would not be true. From Wordnik.com. [A Bit of a Quandary] Reference
As to your plea for sympathy about your "thankless" task, Alice, to put it bluntly, shove off. From Wordnik.com. [I Guess Alice Feiring Doesn't Like Long Island Wine...Or Hasn't Tasted Much of It] Reference
Poet Laureate bemoans 'thankless' task of writing for Royal Family. From Wordnik.com. [The Blog of Kev] Reference
In baseball, we would call this kind of thankless yeoman's work being a dirt dog. From Wordnik.com. [MVN] Reference
Andrew Motion waxes eloquent about what a 'thankless' job being Poet Laureate has been. From Wordnik.com. [Life and style | guardian.co.uk] Reference
But fearing the court backlash, the engineers are shying away from this 'thankless' job. From Wordnik.com. [The Hindu - Front Page] Reference
Dreamgirls, and here she seems saddled with a kind of thankless role as Precious 'assistant. From Wordnik.com. [Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch] Reference
It is the most thankless job a human being can hold. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Road] Reference
Also, why on earth would he want such a thankless job?. From Wordnik.com. [Who would want to replace Rahm Emanuel?] Reference
It can be grueling, thankless work to learn from a master. From Wordnik.com. [Fashion Fixation] Reference
Taking up Hill's cause seemed a completely thankless exercise. From Wordnik.com. [Digging For Dirt] Reference
"I suppose I have come on a thankless mission, Willa," she began. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Ace] Reference
"Thus shall die the thankless traitor, whether king or beggar he!". From Wordnik.com. [Stories in Verse] Reference
GROSS: That strikes me like it might have been a real thankless job. From Wordnik.com. ['Inside' A Backup Singer's Journey To Center Stage] Reference
This most thankless duty was performed by them with fidelity and care. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Gatling Gun Detachment] Reference
Men are not usually thankless if preserved from a real and obvious danger. From Wordnik.com. [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference
So Federline, 27, has taken on a brand-new thankless role: white-boy rapper. From Wordnik.com. [Married to the Mobs] Reference
It was a thankless task, but her love and devotion were equal to everything. From Wordnik.com. [Woman on the American Frontier] Reference
TAKAYUKI KAMOSHIDA HAD the thankless job of investigating corruption at the Bank of Japan. From Wordnik.com. [Suicide Watch] Reference
"It was a completely thankless job, to be honest," said Sotheby's specialist Gabriel Heaton. From Wordnik.com. [World's most expensive book comes up for sale] Reference
In a vapory distance floats off from the eye the arid and thankless country of the Beni-Abbes. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873] Reference
"Nay," answered the emperor, dryly; "that thankless task I'll leave to him who played the fool.". From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
Ending a war between people who still hate each other means a lot of messy, thankless police work. From Wordnik.com. [Peace At Last. But At What Cost?] Reference
Viewed as a puppet by the East and a thankless ally in the West, he ended up friendless and homeless. From Wordnik.com. [What Lives They Led] Reference
It's a rather thankless, reactive part, and Sheffer spends most of his time looking dour and concerned. From Wordnik.com. [Love, Death and Fly-Fishing] Reference
It's usually a thankless role, but if it's well written then it's a wonderful and satisfying thing for me. From Wordnik.com. [TRADE: China's Not-So-Big Bang] Reference
And in "Damage," she makes something riveting and powerful out of the usually thankless role of a betrayed wife. From Wordnik.com. [Inheriting The Crown] Reference
Gifts express thanks to the many people who perform the thankless tasks that support and sustain our daily life. From Wordnik.com. [The Good of Gifts] Reference
Today the known known is that the United States is engaged in the thankless occupation of a largely hostile population. From Wordnik.com. [Shadowland: Truth And Dare] Reference
Mr. Richardson is a fullback, which is one of the NFL's truly thankless jobs and, in many corners of the league, a lost art. From Wordnik.com. [He's a Throwback and a Survivor] Reference
Alex Loynaz, the actor playing Pedro, has the thankless task of re-creating verbatim some of the memorable scenes from "The Real World.". From Wordnik.com. [A Made-for-TV Mistake] Reference
But making a life in the settlements has meant fighting disease, begging for loans and farming some of the most thankless terrain on earth. From Wordnik.com. [A Plot Of Their Own] Reference
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