SINECURE in a Sentence
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Example sentences for SINECURE, such as:
1. By some writers this office is called a sinecure.
2. She found him an exalted sinecure as a Fellow of the Library of Congress.
3. The something appeared vaguely to his imagination as a private secretaryship or a sinecure of some sort.
2. She found him an exalted sinecure as a Fellow of the Library of Congress.
3. The something appeared vaguely to his imagination as a private secretaryship or a sinecure of some sort.
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Meanings and Examples of SINECURE
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sinecure
n. well-paid position with little responsibility
Classic Sentence:
1 She tried to have him appointed to the postmastership, which, since all the work was done by assistants, was the one sinecure in town, the one reward for political purity.
2 By some writers this office is called a sinecure.
3 The something appeared vaguely to his imagination as a private secretaryship or a sinecure of some sort.
4 Be it said, that in this vocation of whaling, sinecures are unknown; dignity and danger go hand in hand; till you get to be Captain, the higher you rise the harder you toil.
Example Sentence:
1 My job is no sinecure; I work long hours and have much responsibility.
2 She found him an exalted sinecure as a Fellow of the Library of Congress.
3 In a society where Qataris are outnumbered roughly seven-to-one by expatriates, long-term residents speak of a growing frustration among graduates that they are being fobbed off with sinecures while the most satisfying jobs go to foreigners.