toiling

Everyone else is trudging along, if not toiling through a flat-out slump.

The series depicted the lives of the staff toiling downstairs at 165 Eaton Place and the wealthy Bellamy family living above.

But more importantly, somewhere in a data centre some hot computer servers were toiling away to make Action Figure Zoe.

"She wasn't the person toiling away with pattern-making back in the atelier, but she really did prove herself, and more credit to her."

These shows are much more vital when the cast stops fighting or toiling in the same drama they’ve been mucked in for years.