Sentence examples for the painful task from inspiring English sources

But soon enough they were faced with the painful task of allocating what proved to be an extremely limited resource.

Grant, then a medical student, has the painful task of naming what has hitherto only been a fear.

On Sunday, families of victims performed the painful task of collecting their loved ones' belongings from police.

But first, I wanted to ease into the painful task of taking control so that the horror of facing of my finances head-on would not kill me.

We three judges read 105 volumes to arrive at this shortlist, and we each had the painful task of leaving out favourites.

Whoever takes power, the next British government faces the painful task of cutting spending and raising taxes if it is to bring a runaway budget deficit under control.

Our society has constructed a model in which a small group of men and women take on the painful tasks of war for all of us and unfairly bear its costs.

Now, as politicians try to wheedle their way back to respectability, all sorts of constitutional changes are suddenly on the table, distracting just a touch from the more painful task of punishing the fiddlers and tightening the rules.

The Legislature has been forced to undertake the politically painful task of redistricting because population changes in the 1980's mean it is now entitled to only 31 seats in the House of Representatives, instead of 34.

The company foresees its API to be used as an alternative to the traditionally painful task of creating user profiles.

After that comes the more painful task of demolition.