taskmaster
Example Sentences
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An unglamorous choice to replace taskmaster Tom Thibodeau, the well-traveled Brown turned a good team into a great one by convincing them to collectively sacrifice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 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
As they rounded Frosh Pond, they muttered to one another: Ulbrickson was unfair, a cold taskmaster, too hard on them, too blind to see how hard they were working.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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