Sentence examples for with a thankless task from inspiring English sources
By and large, member countries have stuck with a thankless task in Afghanistan out of solidarity with America.
New owners Venky's have unsettled the club and left Kean with a thankless task, he maintains.
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.
Retelling a story with a plot like that is a thankless task.
Making a film of any real-life disaster is a thankless task filled with pitfalls.
If having sex with Lewis seems to have been a thankless task, then lending him money was about as much fun as amputation.
It's a thankless task at times, with shipping and climate change a largely mute topic among the media, politicians and NGOs.
"I played that role for many years with your back to the goal and it is a thankless task on occasion.
Scraping the average rock band out of bed for a stilted conversation with Fern Britton and Phillip Schofield on This Morning is a thankless task.
Many parents want to help their children to deal with the pressures of university life, but it can feel like a thankless task.
