laboured

British  

/ ˈleɪbəd /

adjective

1. (of breathing) performed with difficulty

2. showing effort; contrived; lacking grace or fluency

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Other Word Forms

• labouredly
  adverb
• labouredness
  noun

Example Sentences

Laboured sub-Attenborough introductions aside, Palace have proved obdurate opposition under Roy Hodgson and are unbeaten in six, their last-gasp victory against Watford on Tuesday a prime example of their new found resilience.

From The Guardian • Dec. 16, 2017

His brain he built into the house, Laboured his bones; He burnt his heart into the brick And red hearth-stones.

From Poems New and Old by Freeman, John

Laboured sternly flame and wind, But a little, and they cry, "Lord, we doubt of this Thy will, We are blind and murmur why," And the winds are murmuring still.

From Poems by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

Laboured for twenty years in missions of Sillery, Three Rivers, and other posts.

From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various

Laboured for twenty-five years among the tribes of what are now the states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota.

From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various