toiling

Example Sentences

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In 1940, Woody Guthrie sat in a Midtown Manhattan hotel, toiling over lyrics for what would become “This Land Is Your Land.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 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

Back then, Finch was newly in charge of the Sheffield Sharks, toiling away in the obscurity of the British Basketball League.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

“I Shot Andy Warhol” might not be able to make “SCUM Manifesto” a reality, but it could at least make a life spent toiling under the patriarchy that much less lonely.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026

“You did it yesterday!” cried Mrs. Frisby, remembering the figures toiling the wire through the grass, remembering how strangely disinterested Dragon had seemed when he saw her.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien