slaving

Example Sentences

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The UK, which was one of the major slaving nations before going on to lead the fight to abolish the trade, has also repeatedly ruled out paying reparations.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Hergé, the illustrator and writer of Tintin and another of my great heroes, once drew a picture of himself slaving at the desk, with Tintin holding a whip over him showing a sort of disdain.

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2022

“This is my first virus I was working on, and kind of slaving away at it — and it’s really changed the field.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 10, 2022

“I made $5,000, that was huge! My entire income for the whole year before was $9,000 slaving away on drywall jobs.”

From New York Times • Jun. 10, 2021

While the other girls grumbled that their piece rates had dropped so that it had hardly been worth slaving through the summer heat, she kept her silence.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson