plural drudgeries
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Examples of drudgery in a Sentence
He hated the drudgery of his job.
in the “good old days” household servants led lives filled with much drudgery and little pleasure
Recent Examples on the Web
The difficulty with any new programming language is the sharp learning curve, all that drudgery and bashing your forehead into the keyboard.
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Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 8 Apr. 2024
Our 50 best cleaning products will super-shine your home and rescue you from drudgery—or at least save some time.
—Ella Field, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Mar. 2024
Reinforce the need for change, and provide a clear, doable action that propels the narrative forward in the drudgery of daily work.
—Sherzod Odilov, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
Using long, slow takes that evoke the drudgery of prison life, Dresen and Kaufmann paint a drably colored yet vivid portrait of the complex personalities who collide in Plötzensee, starting with Hilde herself.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2024
Instead, most chatbots today are doing white-collar drudgery — summarizing documents, debugging code, taking notes during meetings — and helping students with their homework.
—Kevin Roose, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2024
Surprisingly, those floating apps were most helpful when dealing with daily drudgery.
—Chris Velazco, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2024
Babies grow up to be adults, and adulthood contains loneliness, rejection, drudgery, hopelessness, regret, grief, and terror.
—Elizabeth Barber, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
With limited football resources, the Broncos have big work to do and no end to this football drudgery in sight.
—Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, 7 Jan. 2024
Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 8 Apr. 2024
Our 50 best cleaning products will super-shine your home and rescue you from drudgery—or at least save some time.
—Ella Field, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Mar. 2024
Reinforce the need for change, and provide a clear, doable action that propels the narrative forward in the drudgery of daily work.
—Sherzod Odilov, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
Using long, slow takes that evoke the drudgery of prison life, Dresen and Kaufmann paint a drably colored yet vivid portrait of the complex personalities who collide in Plötzensee, starting with Hilde herself.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2024
Instead, most chatbots today are doing white-collar drudgery — summarizing documents, debugging code, taking notes during meetings — and helping students with their homework.
—Kevin Roose, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2024
Surprisingly, those floating apps were most helpful when dealing with daily drudgery.
—Chris Velazco, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2024
Babies grow up to be adults, and adulthood contains loneliness, rejection, drudgery, hopelessness, regret, grief, and terror.
—Elizabeth Barber, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
With limited football resources, the Broncos have big work to do and no end to this football drudgery in sight.
—Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, 7 Jan. 2024
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“Drudgery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drudgery. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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