drudgery

• “Having enough to live on, he has not been forced to work for bread; he has declined to subject himself to what he calls the drudgery of the profession, by which, I believe, he means the general work of a practising surgeon; and has found other employment.”

  The Warden

• “For these people, a management role which involves administrative drudgery is both a refuge, and a means for advancing one's career to a higher salary scale.”

  Archive 2009-02-01

• “How much drudgery is involved in making a sandwich and a pot of tea?”

  The Better Part

• “How much drudgery is involved in putting a centerpiece on the dining table?”

  The Better Part

• “The “AI” approach is so positive it makes the other methods seem to wallow in drudgery of the problems.”

  Walking with the Poor: a review

• “Here in the Eastern Conference final, where half-court drudgery is dictated by a Detroit Pistons outfit that wants no part of sleek showmanship, NBA basketball becomes less an art than a painstaking process both to play and watch.”

  USATODAY.com - Nets sweep road set from Pistons

• “Therefore, I maintain that capacity for work, and even drudgery, is among the essentials of story-telling.”

  The Art of the Story-Teller

• “I am ready to run mad over the mathematics! which I have just begun & wish I had just concluded — all your drudgery is over.”

  Letter 20

• “You’re never more aware of how much drudgery is involved in the work of mothering than when you’re doing that work while suffering from a bad cold or flu or some such viral misery as makes your head pound and your lungs ache and your throat burn.”

  Mom At Work | Her Bad Mother

• “The whole nation repels the idea of drudgery of any sort, and the most conscientious teacher has to contend against a home influence, which, working at right angles with her own, hardly allows any noble effort.”

  The Education of American Girls

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