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Sentences with task

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  • Walker had the unenviable task of breaking the bad news to Hill.
  • The minister was tasked with checking that British aid money was being spent wisely. [be VERB-ed + with]
  • Task refers to a piece of work assigned to or demanded of someone, as by another person, by duty, etc., and usually implies that this is difficult or arduous work [he has the task of answering letters]; chore applies to any of the routine domestic activities for which one is responsible [his chore is washing the dishes]; stint1 refers to a task that is one's share of the work done by a group and usually connotes a minimum to be completed in the allotted time [we've all done our daily stint]; assignment applies to a specific, prescribed task allotted by someone in authority [classroom assignments]; job1, in this connection, refers to a specific piece of work, as in one's trade or as voluntarily undertaken for pay [the job of painting our house]
  • A task chart will help organize the department's work.
  • The teacher took them to task for not doing their homework.
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