Sentence examples for demanding taskmaster from inspiring English sources

But the American workplace is a demanding taskmaster.

Like Jobs, Amazon's boss is a demanding taskmaster and micromanager who does not suffer fools gladly.

Welk was a demanding taskmaster dedicated to producing a nostalgic, wholesome show.

At 65, Mr. Christie, reputed to be a fiercely demanding taskmaster, seems to have mellowed.

I thanked him for being such a hard and demanding taskmaster.

Wheldon is often recalled with sentimental affection, but he was a demanding taskmaster.

Too stern and demanding a taskmaster, Moses was slain in a Jewish revolt, and a second, more pliant leader, also called Moses, rose in his place.

It gets worse at the Garden, where Rangers fans are goading the general manager and coach, Glen Sather, with chants demanding the return of Mike Keenan, the cold-eyed taskmaster of the 1994 Stanley Cup victory.

John Duffield, chairman of New Star Asset Management, has a reputation for being an exacting taskmaster who demands the best from his fund managers, but rewards them well when they perform.

Mr. Jobs is known as a perfectionist, an exacting taskmaster who demands meticulous attention to detail, a management style that makes him difficult to work for, but which also helped Apple develop must-have products.

She appears to be a maid for her slightly older, standoffish and, we soon learn, sadistic mistress Cynthia (Sidse Babett Knudsen), a pencil-skirted, silk blouse and stiletto-wearing taskmaster who demands the younger girl delicately hand-wash her expensive silk knickers.