Sentence examples for tedious duty from inspiring English sources

You will find few Americans who would consider his tedious duty at a tiny outpost their idea of fun.

Shivering in my summer-weight parka — a last-minute purchase — I realized how tedious a tour of duty on these barren earthworks must have been.

Several of the essayists describe their duties as tedious but the implications as profound.

Other aspects of his duties were also tedious.

Grand jury duty is longer and more tedious than normal jury duty.

All the heavy-duty assessment makes the process tedious rather than liberating.

However, textural analyses of ash grains has remained a long and tedious task that made such approaches inappropriate for eruption surveillance duties.

If that sounds tedious, then perhaps you, like researchers at Murdoch University, would prefer to delegate the duty to a specially-trained computer.

Our president is stuck with too many ceremonial duties as head of state, such as greeting ambassadors and holding tedious state dinners, that divert attention from solving problems.

Half a day in an airport waiting for a flight is pretty tedious, even with the distractions of books, magazines and iPhones (not to mention duty-free shopping).

Robots have since taken over many tedious and hazardous tasks, but it's only in recent years that they have been assigned to test-track duty.