"Predicting the future is a hopeless, thankless task, with ridicule to begin with and, all too often, scorn to end with".
When he went to bed, the rat came with him, and if he woke in the dark of the night — and he did, twice, three times — he felt its presence beside him, its spirit, its heart, its heat, and it was no reptile, no cold thankless thing with a flicking tongue and two dead eyes, but a creature radiant with life.
No doubt, those many thankless days with the South Side poor were instructive.
The No More Page 3 group fought a thankless campaign with humour and courage, and today should be rightly proud of all they have achieved.
Many Democrats viewed the post as a thankless job with little upside, and the majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, reportedly struggled to find someone who would take it on.
Although academic research has gained something of a reputation as a thankless task with relatively low pay and long hours, plenty of people do opt to continue to work in university laboratories.
In the 1980s, children of middle- and upper-class families learned their wealth was deserved, while their lives functioned as carrots teasing the rest of our families along through thankless jobs with stagnant wages and scant benefits.
Making a film of any real-life disaster is a thankless task filled with pitfalls.
Barrymore is charming, if slightly less effective, while Paddy Considine and Dominic Cooper are lumped with thankless husband roles.
Bowling has been a pretty thankless task today, with Trescothick and formerly Graham Thorpe in their current form.
