Sentence examples for has the unhappy task from inspiring English sources
Travis has the unhappy task of telling each of his parents, in turn, that Matt's marriage has come apart.
Jerry Grinstein, the airline's boss, recently had the unhappy task of telling his workers that the cuts they found so unpalatable last year are no longer enough, thanks to a deterioration of the operating environment.
Mr. Twaits, who during the week of Sept. 10 had the unhappy task of announcing that the company was laying off virtually everyone remaining on its staff, supplied a rough tally of the passengers to whom Premier had earlier promised refunds for cancellations or shortened cruises.
It isn't Maugham, but it's mildly steamy and pleasurable, and it gives Toby Jones, who had the unhappy task of playing Truman Capote in the most recent Capote film, the chance to prove that he can do that decadent British thing just as well as Jeremy Irons.
The 70-year-old Ames, who has suffered a mild stroke and is still mourning the death of his son two years before, is faced with the unhappy task of letting one member of his small staff go.
As environmental standards rise, councils are finding themselves stuck with the unhappy task of passing on the growing costs of rising environmental standards to their residents.
But he had the unhappy knack of making enemies in the party.
He has the most difficult task.
Hence we have the survey task.
Retirement communities all have the same unhappy ending: death.
