Sentence examples for ridiculous work from inspiring English sources

We must also examine the ridiculous work ethic forced upon us.

"He was doing what I would consider ridiculous work just to get the hours," she said.

Mona Hatoum, a young British star, has enormous sculptures (a giant vegetable grater the size of a truck, among them) in the main hall at Tate Britain -- ridiculous work but new and conspicuous, which is the point.

Japanese men are shy and, allied to the ridiculous work culture (daily overtime of four hours, plus taking clients out for the evening), the fact is that contemporary married life in Japan is pretty affection-less.

"But there is also a continuous line of hard work, passion, naive enjoyment and a ridiculous work ethic.

Turned into a slag heap by low-cost imports, bloat and ridiculous work rules, the U.S. business was ripe for a roll-up and rationalization.

Taking time out of the day for something ridiculous makes work fun, and when work becomes fun, things get done more quickly, she said.

In narrow terms, it sounds ridiculous to work so hard to protect the poultry and yet leave the fox alone.

Poking fun at anyone other than the rich and ridiculous may work for stand-up comedians but is tricky for the novelist.

Had there been some advance warning of the plot – even a sliver, even "a figure from Hardy's past comes back to haunt him" – then I would have been more content to just go along for the ride, without ruining the first episode by doing so much ridiculous detective work in preparation.

Instead I found an outfit that would look glamorous but not ridiculous at work and a thought-provoking, if flattering, GQ interview by Matthew d'Ancona, who is close to the Cameron team and who had pressed the MP for the interview.