I really felt sure he thought praying was a disagreeable duty.

She had come a very long way in the last few days and she had a disagreeable duty still to perform.

Moreau returned shortly before ten from the disagreeable duty of identification.

The commission procedure was invented to protect Congress from constituent pressure by assigning the disagreeable duty to a neutral authority.

It was, frankly, a disagreeable duty, only marginally better than cleaning latrines.

For a young woman to dream of being held by a negro, portends for her many disagreeable duties.

Her tone was firm rather than hopeful, that of someone determined to perform a disagreeable duty.

He sensed that, behind the disciplined calm, every contact with his naked body was a disagreeable duty.

"I am one who is called upon to perform a disagreeable duty, which your Highness will make much easier by paying attention to my requests."

To tell the story of this conflict is the disagreeable duty of the historian of.