toiling

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

From BBC • May 12, 2026

It brought the bootstrapping fantasy of this rising family, a few generations removed from the toiling class, into Britain’s living rooms with the right blend of serious theatricality and soapy splendor.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

This painting shows peasants toiling in a field while an overseer wields a staff.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz