toilful

Example Sentences

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These were our farewells to each other in this world, a fitting finish to the tragedies of our toilful and thankless lives.

From The Trail of the Tramp by Livingston, Leon Ray

The day is over, the day which has been so hard and toilful even for the children,—and with the night comes rest and play.

From Tales of the Punjab by Steel, Flora Annie

The march continued to be toilful and difficult.

From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Irving, Washington

One had foraged a caterpillar in bulk and weight beyond its flight strength, and was, therefore, compelled to haul it along the toilful earth.

From Tropic Days by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)

Hard likeness to the toilful apes of youth He bore at times, and tempted the sly smile; And not on her soft lips was it descried.

From Poems — Volume 3 by Meredith, George