toilful

Example Sentences

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In the side ca�on down which we worked our sublime and toilful way it was easy to see the work done.

From Among the Forces by Warren, Henry White

So the toilful good soul kept them at her knee for the next hour or two, while they looked through all the pictures in the old family Bible.

From The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine by Stowe, Harriet Beecher

To travel a couple of months is a sufficient reward for a thousand toilful days.

From Among the Forces by Warren, Henry White

The wild flowers were no longer the mere ornaments of the fields, or the resorts of the toilful bee; they were the lurking-places of fairies.

From The Crayon Papers by Irving, Washington

Another toilful day brought him to the crest of the Cordillera, a bleak tract where the only vegetation was a dry, yellow grass which grew up to the snow-line.

From The Red True Story Book by Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice)