toiling

Example Sentences

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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

Sharda Devi, 55, a settler's daughter, recalls the first arrivals "toiling in some of the harshest conditions" to carve plantations out of the tangled forests.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Others say the rule changes unfairly threaten the wealth they've spent their lives toiling for.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

A courier came toiling down the dusty lane, pushing his horse through the crowded troops.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara