toiling

Example Sentences

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In his 50 years of toiling the land, dealing with the odd mouse is normal, but "I've never seen it this bad, ever".

From BBC • May 30, 2026

Advancing to the French Open round of 16 for the first time would require the opposite, Osaka toiling through another step in her return to form after giving birth to her daughter.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

Sharda Devi, 55, a settler's daughter, recalls the first arrivals "toiling in some of the harshest conditions" to carve plantations out of the tangled forests.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

“Right from that moment,” Harrison said, “we recognized some vital energy, a voice crying out somewhere, toiling in the darkness.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

‘I wonder how long it will be before we really are caught and all the toiling and the slinking will be over, and in vain.’

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien