toil
noun
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
am toiling
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present progressiveof toil (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I am toiling in my garden after a rain, moving tender seedlings.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
It is not in vain that I am toiling.
From The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia by Abraham Cahan
In those dreams I am toiling and toiling through a smooth sea—it is always a smooth, oily, slippery sea—towards something to which I make no great headway.
From Dead Men's Money by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher
I am toiling and slaving night and day for my King, but I have not yet received so much as a brass farthing for my pains.
From The King of the Dark Chamber by Rabindranath Tagore
I shall remind you of that unkind speech when you are living in state, and I am toiling for my daily bread.
From The Fortunes of the Farrells by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
