laboring

Example Sentences

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With a band laboring in the pit, the stage became a dance floor.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

One minute, she’d been in the bathroom, laboring through a contraction.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026

Spirit has been laboring to emerge from its second trip to bankruptcy in less than a year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

"For decades, while laboring in the vineyards of the community, he inspired us to keep hope alive in the struggle for liberty and justice for all," the Democrat said.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

It is close to midnight when we hear the pickup laboring up the driveway.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez