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

Exquadrum took a stab at fundraising on its own, but found investors uninterested in a weapons lab toiling away since the early aughts, and sought acquisition offers from a dozen suitors.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Besides all this horde of minute but ceaselessly toiling creatures there are of course many larger forms, for soil life runs the gamut from bacteria to mammals.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson