manual labor
Example Sentences
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Rice farmer Rodel Malinay has shifted to an “on-call” labor system, instead of having three to five laborers working daily, and does more manual labor himself.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
Bamberger continued to spend his time doing manual labor on the ranch well into his 90s.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
He added that “many” undocumented immigrants in the Los Angeles area “do not speak much English,” and work low-wage, manual labor jobs.
From Salon • Sep. 8, 2025
Samaan had offered the man a job at one point, but he said a bad knee left him unable to do necessary manual labor, like refilling shelves or coolers.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2025
Once manual labor ended, I had much more time for reading, but the books I had been using were now out-of-bounds.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
