Sentence examples for begin the thankless task from inspiring English sources

After pinpointing what has been dumped, they begin the thankless task of digging through all the surrounding refuse for clues, looking for documentation, hoping to find what Detective Morgan calls "the golden bag".

Although both began as Democrats, Perry became a Republican after shouldering the thankless task of running Al Gore's 1988 Presidential campaign in Texas.

All too often, the only time anyone worries about the vision of the project as a whole is at the very beginning, when the overworked project manager(s) initially deal(s) with the thankless task of decomposing the entire project into a forest of tickets.

Poor Ms. Hennessy has the thankless task of casting moony glances at her boss-lover -- and the equally thankless task of elucidation through stating the obvious.

He welcomed the thankless task and carried it out with devotion.

The employees who are left will have the thankless task of coping with lawsuits and leases.

Primarily, she devoted herself to the thankless task of literary executorship.

CHARGED with the thankless task of knocking Italy's public finances into shape, Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa is doing his best.

Mr. Hamilton, who is terrific at playing cads, here has the thankless task of being the blandest of good guys.

They are the men and women with the thankless task of keeping stars from spending themselves blind -- celebrity business managers.

For 10 months, the Bush administration avoided what it saw as the thankless task of peacemaking here.