toiled

VERB

work hard

Synonyms

STRONGEST

strive sweat

STRONG

drive drudge grind labor moil plod plug slave strain struggle tug work

WEAK

knock oneself out peg away push oneself work like a dog

Antonyms

STRONG

be lazy idle laze relax rest

WEAK

neglect

Example Sentences

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O the Miller, that night, Toiled on in a fright,— Though, through terror, few bushels he grinded!

From The Baron's Yule Feast: A Christmas Rhyme by Cooper, Thomas

Down in the city the people but noted One who was silent when things went awry, Toiled at dull tasks, and was strangely devoted To small deeds of kindness that others passed by.

From The Miracle and Other Poems by Sheard, Virna

And as I close this ballad, Historically true, Learn, reader, that its heroes Toiled not in vain for you.

From Home Lyrics by Battersby, H. S. (Hannah S.)

Toiled a thousand miles out there and back … for what?

From Dream Tales and Prose Poems by Garnett, Constance

Toiled in craft and cunning And strength of ripening brain, Till rose the form that grasped the world And made it his domain.

From Selected Poems by Barnard, William Francis