toiled

Example Sentences

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As Rangers, then Celtic, toiled under the mis-management of Russell Martin and Nancy, the Hearts story really took flight.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

My mother brought me to this country as a child and toiled with a ferocious determination that afforded our family the means to move farther and farther from the place we started.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

Around 7,000 workers toiled on the four-year project, overseen by a division of Mobil Oil, an in-house Aramco newsletter reported in 1983, two years after the first shipment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

British officials have toiled behind the scenes to lobby the Trump administration on Ukraine and Greenland.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Granddaddy toiled on with me at his elbow whenever I could escape to the laboratory with him.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly