Sentence examples for an unpleasant task from inspiring English sources

Researching "pro-self harm" websites for this article was an unpleasant task.

But like exercise, physical exfoliation even once or twice a week can seem an unpleasant task.

(Why the latrine search, an unpleasant task in the sixteenth century?) Was he trying to get out of the priesthood?

Grating onions is, I admit, an unpleasant task, but the results are, I think, worth shedding a few tears over.

I cleaned it up, mopped the floor with disinfectant, and washed both of my hands, then slapped them together three or four times and shook them out twice, the international Oliver Hardy gesture for having completed an unpleasant task.

Pessimists point to 1931-35, when dividends per share in America fell by 45% from peak to trough.For many firms dividend cuts are an unpleasant task that should not be shirked.

(In fact, I just finished mashing doxycycline pills into a bowl of Alpo, a highly unpleasant task, but it's the only way I can get the dog to take its medicine).

Changing the kitchen bin is a more unpleasant task.

For a busy family man who makes a point of scheduling time to coach basketball, his duties as governor alone will present a monumentally unpleasant task in the next year as he tries to slash, tax or otherwise dig his way out of a budget shortfall commonly estimated to be at least $4 billion.

Unless you are a natural mechanic, carpenter, electrician, plumber, techie and tinkerer, taking care of things is a largely unpleasant task.

It may not be as far reaching as a job loss, but they will be expected to perform an unwelcome and unpleasant task.