toiling

Example Sentences

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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

Minnesota coach Chris Finch got his start toiling in the obscurity of the British Basketball League.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

The Uruguay midfielder was not Manchester United's worst player, but he lacks the ability to lift a toiling team.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

“You did it yesterday!” cried Mrs. Frisby, remembering the figures toiling the wire through the grass, remembering how strangely disinterested Dragon had seemed when he saw her.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien