backbreaking work
Example Sentences
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But the backbreaking work left behind—often in agriculture or coal mines—was worse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
“Targeting hardworking farmworkers and their families who have been doing the backbreaking work in the fields for decades is unjustified and unconscionable,” Sens. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff said in their statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2025
"Those who cheated me must get the maximum punishment. I do backbreaking work the whole day for 500 rupees. I know I made a huge mistake. But what they did with me is so wrong."
From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2024
It involves about a week of backbreaking work.
From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2023
But after three days of backbreaking work, she was finally adjusting to life at sea, and today she was going to see the book again.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
