toilful

Example Sentences

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Instead of the glittering line of mailed warriors, we behold the patient train of the toilful muleteer, slowly moving along the skirts of the mountain.

From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 by Sylvester, Charles Herbert

To travel a couple of months is a sufficient reward for a thousand toilful days.

From Among the Forces by Warren, Henry White

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

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

The wild flowers were no longer the mere ornaments of the fields, or the resorts of the toilful bee; they were the lurking-places of fairies.

From The Crayon Papers by Irving, Washington