toilsome
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The youngins showed stamina to withstand toilsome travel, punishing pace and reduced recovery time.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 8, 2021
After all, skating, as a recreational act, is relentless, toilsome, boring—it requires a commitment to drudgery and community that quickly weeds out those with impure motives.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 29, 2018
When I was at university, some 20 years ago, learning about the world was a tactile, toilsome sort of experience.
From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2018
Oh, there were times, especially this season, when the process felt excruciating and toilsome.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2010
Though tautly stretched at the end of the boat, it sagged a little in the middle; it made for three or four toilsome, bouncy steps.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
Vocabulary lists containing toilsome
Lee Surrenders to Grant (1865)
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Selected Short Stories of H.G. Wells
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Stories of Ourselves
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