toilful

Example Sentences

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When, by a slow and toilful progress, the family graveyard has been reached, the lowering of the coffin into the grave—sometimes a huge circular opening—is the culminating point of the many days of excitement.

From Village Life in China A Study in Sociology by Smith, Arthur H.

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

The day is over, the day which has been so hard and toilful even for the children,—and with the night comes rest and play.

From Tales of the Punjab by Steel, Flora Annie

The prairie, for all its beauties, spelt toilful days and bitter disappointment for him.

From The Forfeit by Cullum, Ridgwell

These were our farewells to each other in this world, a fitting finish to the tragedies of our toilful and thankless lives.

From The Trail of the Tramp by Livingston, Leon Ray