toilsomely
Example Sentences
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But life in the swarming cities, Shanghai, Canton, Peiping, Hankow and the capital, Nanking, went toilsomely and safely on.
From Time Magazine Archive
The girl, Molly, had read toilsomely through “Pamela,” and saw no reason why an equally attractive housemaid should not aspire to an equally high 170 destiny on this side of the ocean.
From The Continental Dragoon A Love Story of Philipse Manor-House in 1778 by Stephens, Robert Neilson
If Adelle could find no very cogent reason why she should make herself toilsomely a pillar of this society, shall we blame her?
From Clark's Field by Herrick, Robert
We stood watching the canoes as they made their way very toilsomely against wind and current, and did not go down to our hut until they had quite vanished from sight.
From Palm Tree Island by Strang, Herbert
So thinks, at any rate, a horseman, toilsomely making his way over its inhospitable expanse.
From Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt by Mitford, Bertram
