Definitions

moil

[moil] / mɔɪl /

VERB

labor

Synonyms

STRONG

back cultivate drive drudge endeavor fag grind plod slave strain strive struggle sweat tend toil travail tug work

WEAK

bear down exert oneself plug away pour it on work oneself to the bone

Antonyms

STRONG

be lazy destroy discourage dissuade idle ignore laze neglect rest

Example Sentences

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Last week, he dashed into a moil of rioting Juliette Barnes fans to save Maddie when a shelf fell on her head.

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2013

Facing the awesome grandeur and cruel humors of the weather, ancient man was forced to attribute the mysterious cosmic moil to deities.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ill-health having retired him from the moil of politics, he has been teaching law at the University of Colorado since 1917.

From Time Magazine Archive

While light and darkness moil and wrangle, the wife makes her inner decision.

From Time Magazine Archive

I moil and toil, inch and pinch, work day and night to mend his clothes and get his food ready, and this is what I get for it.

From Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles by Jenkins, Hebert

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