Menial used in a sentence

Menial in a sentence as a noun

There are plenty of people doing "menial" work who have plenty of drive.

Mother raised 3 kids as a single parent while doing menial jobs.

More: "How can I get rid of the politicians who force me into this menial waste of time?

Do the jobless urban poor want to stand at a terminal in the street and perform menial tasks for spare change?

Suppose you have a friend who screws up and gets fired from menial jobs, spends his money on booze and gambling, and ends up in heavy debt.

Work - hard work, even menial work - is exactly what helps shape most people to rise above the frittering stage and to make something of themselves.

If you can't be happy even while doing the dishes, or fighting your way onto a commuter train, or carrying out some mind-numbingly boring menial work, you're missing out.

Menial in a sentence as an adjective

He was unsuited for either technical or menial work because he needed to be instructed down to the barest minutiae.

There is, for me, a greater satisfaction and productivity in being present, even in the midst of what some dismissively consider to be "menial" tasks.

I don't see what the big deal is that people who are temporary or part of menial data-entry labor are not part of the greater events and benefits and festivities of the company.

That's because the infographic is highlighting the fact that 25% of the much-touted jobs created by the movie industry are menial positions primarily staffed by high schoolers that would probably not flat-out disappear even if the movie industry did. The actual BLS report[1] he's citing does indeed include all those categories you're talking about, and that's where the 361,900 number comes from.

Whether it's building something, destroying something, modifying something, binary or source, the seasoned programmer has the skills; but don't expect him not to sigh when you bring up your giddiness surrounding menial programming labor for worthless causes; or just plain repeats of the last decade.

They're going to inevitably sink their lives into it... most people in their 20s have parents that work for their retirement, that sort of long term thinking is fine when there's no alternative, but why would anyone today spend 40 years working menial jobs so they can retire when they can get instant gratification on the internet instead?This problem is going to get worse and worse over the years to come, I know so many people in their early 20s like myself that grew up using the internet but unlike me are still living their lives as they were at 15.