drudgery

Too bad the only thing Monday stands for in most people' s minds is the beginning of a week full of toil and drudgery.

Mr Smedley, with the drudgery of the office a thing of the past, exulted in the sense of freedom that came from his longed-for release.

They make it a point to stay in touch, even in the verge of being exhausted due to the drudgery of everyday life.

I don't work on the weekends because I feel I need to reward myself for a week's worth of drudgery. I have to say. . . "it just works. "

I don't want to spend one third of my life living out of a sense of drudgery.

It is all a far cry from piecing together clues in a country house, or the drudgery of real-life detective work.

It has also substantially reduced both our own drudgery and our dependence on that of others.

For laborers at the bottom of the pay scale, such as these South Asian men taking a water taxi to work, life in Dubai can be drudgery.

Marriage counsellor Terry Real said he believes some users go on Facebook to create a fantasy life and escape the drudgery.

Ronaldinho, never a dedicated trainer, lost interest entirely in that drudgery and is likely to be at one of the Milan clubs next season.

Continue the drudgery and try not to complain. You'll be able to get what you need, and even store something away.

All it takes is a roof, a gutter and a tank to lift the poor out of drudgery.

What anyone else would call banality or drudgery is, for her, humorous, dramatic, and valuable.

We desire you to awaken to the drudgery of your existence which deprives your soul of food for growth.

Many caregivers told me that their experience was dissolving, through simple drudgery, their fear of death.

To look upon my work as opportunity , to be seized with joy and made the most , and not as painful drudgery to be reluctantly endured.

Making massive changes to code is always a drudgery and an error-prone process.

One of the points of becoming a full-time student is to escape the nine-to-five drudgery of the working world.

Automating processes can remove unnecessary drudgery, but should never be a way of escaping due diligence.

The washing machine has emancipated housewives from a great deal of drudgery.

God intends the Christian life to be a life of joy - not drudgery.

Technology was supposed to take away a lot of the drudgery from our lives, and free us up to relax.

The minor workers, the little ones, are the workhorses that do most of the drudgery of the colony.

The inventor is taught the basics of drug development and gets funding support to carry out the "drudgery. "

They enjoy collaborating with others who are smart and talented, and work is no longer drudgery .

Whereas for those who have not been fired, the not-so-festive season this year is an orgy of fear and drudgery.

Huge amounts of data can be processed at great speed by computer without involving time-consuming manual and mental drudgery.

Since its inception, it has been designed to shield developers from the drudgery of developing a persistence infrastructure.

You are wonderful souls that deserve everything that is shortly to lift you up, out of the gloom and drudgery of your dimension.

Some lawyers think outsourcing will be a blessing, taking away the drudgery and leaving them free to hone their higher skills.

She was living a hole - and - corner existence of daily drudgery.

The drudgery of your actions shall cast a net within which you shall be trapped.

work, labor, toil, drudgery, travail These nouns refer to physical or mental effort expended to produce or accomplish something.

Day after day, Patty and I plodded through recitals. She accepted the drudgery.

Or would I be sent back to my former life with all its drudgery, discipline, and sucking fatigue?

Cube dwellers and office drones alike shall rejoice at this fun, sexy, satirical antidote to the drudgery of the work day.

Pretty MEG, the oldest, was sixteen, and already showed domestic tastes and talents, though she detested the drudgery of household work.

"the drudgery of penning definitions and marking quotations for transcription" (Macaulay).

Children at the bottom often face low-wage drudgery or the dole.

But when I finally got a chance to program computers, it wasn't anything like I had imagined it. It was drudgery.

I am afraid that I shall find it drudgery to teach music to beginner.

For many couples looking to get fit, the dance floor offers an exhilarating alternative to the drudgery of the gym.

Life is what you make of it. It can be drudgery, or it can be play.

Add to this horrible aspect the drudgery of house work, and what remains of the protection and glory of the home?

We spend a large percentage of our lives at the office, engaged in the drudgery of work.

Use whatever little goodie, or treat, or gift that will get you through the day-to-day drudgery.

No more drudgery doing those dirty factory jobs. That was for those peons in third world countries to do.

practical, the drudgery. With such dashed head, can't overcome difficulties, not do it no career.

The Prince of Darkness does not condescend to such cheap drudgery .

Of course all projects intend to maintain flow, create value, avoid drudgery, and perform well.

Finally, say goodbye to the dull, everyday drudgery of null reference exceptions.

According to the author of the study, Australian fathers appear to like the fun aspects of parenthood, but shy away from the drudgery .

The secret of such commitment is getting past the drudgery and seeing the delight. The fact is that many worthwhile endeavors aren't fun.

He was facing a life of toil and drudgery and vexation .

When you can experience this your heart and soul will ever be buoyant even amidst the drudgery of earthly existence.

This sentiment still survives, and it has piled up mountains of useless drudgery .

"Without concrete and desirable goals, a budget is just drudgery, " Rich said.

In so doing, it removes the drudgery from JDBC programming so that you can focus on queries and their results.

Why do you think so many people view their work as drudgery , finding little satisfaction or fulfillment in it?

Spending years (or a lifetime) in drudgery for future-promised happiness (ie. retirement).

There are situations in which working 40 hours is pure drudgery and others in which the team has to be pried away from a 60-hour work week.

and happily escaped the drudgery of his work to the shed on the hill.

They simply enjoy tasks that are drudgery to normal people.

When you work with the intention of excellence, no matter how hard you work, it is never drudgery.

And the best part is, I'm not making money doing mindless drudgery.

"We're definitely having more fun and less drudgery, " says Mike.

What's making your work seem like drudgery rather than joyful?

Fatiguing or tedious work; drudgery.

But this spring of youth escaping rural drudgery is drying up.

Surveyed for the report, the parents described cocoa farming as a job with "low esteem, low aspirations and too much drudgery" .

Lives are lifted from the drudgery of fetching water.

We cannot hope for cheap food, but we can improve skills, boost productivity, reduce drudgery and enhance people's quality of life.

After all, a fitness program doesn't need to be drudgery.

This drudgery makes me drowsy.

If something is drudgery, I either drop it or find a way to make it play.

Your last week of work, drudgery and health concerns, Libra.

Her whole life was spent in drudgery.

India has marched from a past that saw most people live in drudgery with their whole lives passing sans hope or redemption.

Which is why I am distressed when I meet students who approach science and math with drudgery.

If it's drudgery, it will be hard to make yourself do it every day.

He can see the black restricted to those who work for our family of drudgery.

Is your work drudgery?

Work is either fun or drudgery. It depends on your attitude. I like fun.

Every day feels like drudgery; doing the same old thing again and again and again.

Is it drudgery or a stress-free job?

Wash 12 years old, she took him to the dining room when the drudgery, where he was a reproach.

If you're stuck in a job because of lack of education or a downturn in the economy, it doesn't mean your work has to become drudgery.

After Cinderella , the fairy-tale character who escapes from a life of drudgery and marries a prince

If monotony tries me, and I cannot stand drudgery;

(The lucky ones snag high-paying interesting work, and only the dumb ones do underpaid drudgery. )

the drudgery of two women ' s lives begins

for when he went to Sea, he left me on Shoar to look after his little Garden, and do the common Drudgery of Slaves about his House;

I suffer through drudgery every day