taskmaster
Example Sentences
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An AI-generated image soon circulated of Underwood’s familiar scowl—only this time, he was wearing an orange tracksuit in front of an Soviet-style apartment complex looking every bit an Eastern bloc taskmaster.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
At the FBI, he gained a reputation of being an exacting taskmaster and, despite his early Republican political alignment, someone who was appreciated by politicians of both political parties.
From Barron's ● Mar. 21, 2026
She later remembered that Cleese was a hard taskmaster.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2025
Wife Sharon played the taskmaster, keeping everything in line.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2025
A tall, friendly man, a lawyer and the Brotherhood's chief theoretician, he had proved to be a hard taskmaster.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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