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US
/ˈdʒɑb, ˈdʒoʊb/
]
NOUN
- a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply
- any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing
- a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him
How To Use Job In A Sentence
- He asked me bluntly, ‘Why would you want to leave private life and take on such a difficult, dangerous and probably thankless job?’
- I badly wanted the job, but knew that my age would probably tell against me.
- You do an estimate, and then it might cost a little bit more when you actually do the job.
- It's penguins, albatrosses, caracaras, steamer ducks and a couple of endemic small jobs you've come for.
- Paul's being a bit evasive about this job.
- Early plans for a bit of work were killed off when he lost his job.
- Those cuts included 11,000 production jobs and 2,000 salaried jobs. Times, Sunday Times
- The job of ministers is to abolish and remove these obstacles to good teaching. Times, Sunday Times
- A repair job is bad enough; but an investment in managerial ego is worse. MANAGING FOR RESULTS
- A few weeks later I was fired from my job at Hunter College.
