toiling

Example Sentences

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Thousands have spent the past three days similarly toiling away, without government support.

From Barron's • Jun. 27, 2026

Working, after all, is how a majority of people must spend most of their waking hours, and toiling away in an industry or at a position you find grating will undoubtedly make you miserable.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 22, 2026

Advancing to the French Open round of 16 for the first time would require the opposite, Osaka toiling through another step in her return to form after giving birth to her daughter.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

He has been toiling in the game since the George W. Bush administration without anything close to this kind of success.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

He had begun his activist career as a follower of Du Bois, fighting to integrate interstate buses, and had ended up toiling in the fields of black enterprise, Booker T. Washington’s domain.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson