toils

Example Sentences

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As Baraa toils on, he longs for a return to a normal life with prospects of more profitable employment.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025

Keuer wonders if the work is worth it, noting how hard he toils for little pay.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

Boyarsky toils in a back room drenched in natural light, her cat Roxy at her side.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2023

Even “Minari,” which chronicled the toils of a Korean immigrant family, offered a rare look at Asian American life in rural Arkansas.

From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2023

Through many dangers, toils, and snares, I have already come.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney