Sentence examples for 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.

Another is Inspector Bach (Rainer Bock), an earnest German detective with the unhappy task of unraveling a murder that does less than you might think to resolve the cat-and-mouse question.

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.

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.

So there was Gov. George Pataki earlier this week with the unhappy task of asking for a moment of silence in remembrance of Sgt. Heath McMillin, a 29-year-old National Guardsman from Clifton Springs in upstate New York.

"It almost sent us to divorce court," said Ms. Hackett, whose unhappy task it was to pull all 14 steps out of Mr. Antonson, who created the robot in a right-brained frenzy for his sons, and then had to reverse engineer it for the book.

Perhaps comedy, far from being disqualified for so unhappy a task, is the only genre that can tackle it.

At the same time, human-rights groups are unhappy that the task-force has in effect sanctioned 60-hour (or longer) working weeks, and that it will still allow 14-year-olds to work in factories if local laws do.The biggest headache will be monitoring the agreement especially abroad, where two-thirds of the clothing worn in America is made.

You may recall last year's outpouring of outrage surrounding Fabletics, the Kate Hudson-touted athletic wear brand which many unhappy customers took to task over its allegedly shady business practices and scamming behavior.

The building's owners, a group of investors, say that only a minority of the tenants are unhappy and that the daunting task of updating a 70-year-old building is still under way.

Haydn wrote his Concerto for Fortepiano and Violin in F (Hob.XVIII:6) as a 24-year-old freelance composer tasked with the unhappy duty of writing music to celebrate a would-be lover's taking the veil.