set task
Example Sentences
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Use a timer to set task deadline alarms.
From Inc • Mar. 8, 2013
He had always lived in easy circumstances, doing as he liked, enjoying society, and amusing himself, and it was hard for him to devote his attention strictly to any set task.
From Four Famous American Writers: Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Bayard Taylor A Book for Young Americans by Cody, Sherwin
He dipped his face and hands in cooling water and, at the table, with squared elbows, addressed himself to a set task.
From The Happy End by Hergesheimer, Joseph
They were the last word in filling human tissue into a mould for a set task.
From The Last Shot by Palmer, Frederick
The other performs his set task, but at the same time he is examining into the principles of his engine, or into the conduct of the factory or business.
From The Warriors by Lindsay, Anna Robertson Brown
