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
There was a little extra yelling and whip-cracking, and the great vehicle rolled ponderously through, and began toilsomely to mount the steep ascent on the other side.
From The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley by Bertram Mitford
There come times when the novelist doesn't know what happened, and must toilsomely explore his consciousness by way of finding out.
From Recollections of a Varied Life by George Cary Eggleston
He had come toilsomely to the neighborhood of the rocket-ship because he would have to do visual signaling, and there was no time to lose.
From Invasion by Murray Leinster
The huge stranded springs of hair, fiber, and sinew were wound up to the limit, and enormous masses of rock were toilsomely rolled upon the platforms.
From Spacehounds of IPC by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith
