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
With our pack-ropes we hauled the various articles first into the little room at the stair-foot, and then toilsomely carried them to the heights above.
From The Aztec Treasure-House by Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone) Janvier
As she sat at her work, day after day, she thought her plan out slowly and toilsomely.
From Dr. Lavendar's People by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
Crawling along, toilsomely, laboriously, one behind the other, each man with all his senses, all his faculties, on the alert, the fact that their guide had stopped came upon them as a surprise.
From 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War by Bertram Mitford
But she rowed back with the old brown dory almost as empty as when she had rowed it toilsomely out to her traps.
From Judith Lynn A Story of the Sea by Annie Hamilton Donnell
