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Meanings of drudgery in English
Synonyms
Examples for "grind"
Examples for "grind"
1
They grind their points; they stir poison; they swarm in the streets.
2
The 'two days before payday' grind would be easier, if not gone.
3
The walnut-crusher shifts gear into a final grind-into-mush setting: Capital Laundry Services?
4
Gottta love a man who knows the value of a good grind.
5
The mills of the gods in the Interior Department grind very slowly.
1
The spaniel flew at the black dog; nipping at the plodding forepaws.
2
Meanwhile the Tortoise kept plodding on, and in time reached the goal.
3
I had forgotten the plodding cart-horse gait; my shoes were too light.
4
Even with his plodding gait, it was far too early for sunrise.
5
And the endless plodding, thudding, of tired feet in quest of gain
1
They come by donkeywork. She tapped the whiteboard.
2
"Which is where some of my donkeywork might help," said Raley.
Usage of drudgery in English
1
Work which has in it the element of drudgery needs forced attention.
2
His mettle must be tried in the school of patience and drudgery.
3
The combination of the most heroic impulses with the most commonplace drudgery.
4
That in which he takes a personal pride ceases to be drudgery.
5
You have not liberated people from physical drudgery to develop their minds.
6
No, there is still more to rugby than the drudgery of power.
7
He has learned to convert drudgery into joy; duty has become delight.
8
From the grind of drudgery comes at last the glorious divine spark.
9
She can at least wash dishes and sweep and do the drudgery.
10
Insanity, uncertainty, drudgery and crouching want were the portion of the many.
11
I think I know, now, why the Indian women do the drudgery.
12
Once he wrote: It was fearful drudgery-soullessdrudgery-andalmost destitute of interest.
13
One incapable of drudgery can not be capable of the finest work.
14
For the heavy drudgery seemed to crush all feeling out of us.
15
But each day of the drudgery only makes me wilder with nervousness.
16
Every true artist rather loves than fears the drudgery of his art.
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Drudgery through the time
Drudgery across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common