labored
Example Sentences
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In many years on dairy farms, the worker often labored for 10 hours with no breaks.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
The Eastern District of California said the time it spent reviewing her alleged misconduct was a “waste of limited time and judicial resources in a district that has labored under a longstanding caseload crisis.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
Initially intriguing, the jumbled chronology eventually proves to be largely decorative until a disappointing late-reel twist explains why the labored device was deployed in the first place.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
For 15 years, Carter labored in the Valley of the Kings on the banks of the Nile opposite modern-day Luxor, seeking a pharaoh’s tomb that hadn’t been robbed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
His breathing is soft and labored, his brows furrowed, the fire still alight in his gaze.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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