backbreaking

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

Everyone paid to see a pitcher intentionally put himself behind in the count, let a runner on base who would come around to score, and then give up a backbreaking grand slam.

From Slate • Nov. 11, 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

WINNIPEG, Manitoba — The Kraken allowed two potentially backbreaking goals, one with nine seconds left in the second period and another with 77 seconds gone in the third.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2024

But Mom would do that backbreaking job and then go straight to work at the factory the next morning.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana