toiling

Example Sentences

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Thousands have spent the past three days similarly toiling away, without government support.

From Barron's • Jun. 27, 2026

Working, after all, is how a majority of people must spend most of their waking hours, and toiling away in an industry or at a position you find grating will undoubtedly make you miserable.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 22, 2026

In 1940, Woody Guthrie sat in a Midtown Manhattan hotel, toiling over lyrics for what would become “This Land Is Your Land.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

And instead of toiling away for a moribund franchise, Garrett will now have a shot at a Super Bowl.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

He had begun his activist career as a follower of Du Bois, fighting to integrate interstate buses, and had ended up toiling in the fields of black enterprise, Booker T. Washington’s domain.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson