toils

Example Sentences

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Some ladies exchange their single condition, in the hope of escaping thereby the Toils and Cares 184of life.

From The Young Maiden by Muzzey, A. B. (Artemas Bowers)

Oh, she's a Goddess! a Creature made by Heaven To make my prosperous Toils all sweet and charming!

From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II by Summers, Montague

Under him the Captain General of the Toils kept the woods of Versailles well stocked with stag, deer, boars, and other animals caught in the forests of France.

From The Story of Versailles by Payne, Francis Loring

“Now touching goal, now backward hurl’d, Toils the indomitable world.”

From Optimism An Essay by Keller, Helen

“Mrs. Toils and Jane Munden, what’s her sister,” said a woman, eagerly seizing a chance of a speaking part in this drama of life and death.

From Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker by Bryant, Marguerite