I tire of this long, sad task; let the end of my tale be short.

"But one sad task remains to be performed," he said quietly.

Then, he wrote, "I had the sad task of informing my grandchildren that the inaugural might have to be canceled."

The burial party had completed their sad task, and they arrived back at the dining hall within the mountain to take lunch.

Should the same medium also take upon itself Horatio's sad task as loving friend?

Whose sad task would it be to tell Molly that her dog was dead?

Almost without realizing it, Mother prioritized her processing on this single, sad task.

In 1816, he had the sad task to settle the estate of his father, who died in August of that year.

But she, that yet her sad task hath not said, The protestation stops.

A sad task and so unlikely to meet with success.