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toil

noun as in hard work

verb as in work hard

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Example Sentences

What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun?

In the years 1914-18, women flooded into the workplace to take on the toil of men conscripted to fight.

But football is a game in which a moment of magic can undo an hour of toil.

These early British settlers soon established tobacco then sugar cane plantations and started importing workers to toil on them.

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.

He was rejoicing in the upheaval that permitted debts to be paid with a bludgeon and money to be made without toil.

Not too big for the fiery old heart that trouble and toil and hunger and loneliness had never quenched.

He was now evidently exhausted by toil, and dispirited by disappointment.

Thus it lightens the toil of the weary laborer plodding along the highway of life.

The comfortable yet humble apartments of the engraver were over the shop where he plied his daily toil.

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On this page you'll find 111 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to toil, such as: exertion, application, drudgery, effort, industry, and labor.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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